Grab and Keel

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Anyone want to place a bet that the Senate will hold passing of these bills until the new Prez can sign them?  Read Heidi Li’s post HERE. Then tell me I’m wrong. With Brazille on the the Editorial Staff of MS, the upcoming edition looks pretty well planned to stick another finger in someone’s eye. Any of our Democratic candidates, had they become president, would have signed these bills into acts.

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For those of you that are still a little unclear on why this matters, read Senator Harkins Summation of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Fair Pay Act, and Fairness Paycheck Act HERE. The bills are not yet showing up in Thomas.gov for the Senate. However, Hillary Rodham Clinton reintroduced the Senate version of the Paycheck Fairness Act, on January 8th as counterpart to to the HR.12, introduced by Representative Rosa DeLauro,  and passed today in the House, with the Ledbetter Bill.

Here was yesterday’s day’s Senate Schedule of items not related to confirmation hearings. They expect to take up Ledbetter after the Coburn Omnibus bill.

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Daily Whip Notice

The Senate will convene at 10:30am and will be in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak up to 10 minutes each.

*Reminder – At 1:00 p.m., there will be a Joint Meeting of Congress to count the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States.  Senators who wish to attend should be in the Senate chamber by 12:45pm.

At 3:30pm, the Senate will recess until 4:45pm for a Democratic caucus meeting.

*Note – The Majority Leader has announced that the Senate may be in session this weekend.  As of now, the Senate will have a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to S. 22, the “Coburn Omnibus” bill at 2:00pm on Sunday. Additional information regarding the schedule will be provided as it becomes available.

The Leader also announced that following completion of this legislation the Senate will move to the Lilly Ledbetter bill.Wednesday’s Session:

Roll Call Votes:

There were No Roll Call Votes 

Unanimous Consent Items: 

There was no wrap up 

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HR.11.  It appears that the Ledbetter bill has PASSED! When I find more I’ll let you know. Go HERE for info. It was incorporated into M5 along with a  lot of other bills, after being recommited for one hour.

The package will now go to the Senate.

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