Sessions, Grassley: Lavish 9th Circuit Judicial Conference In Maui Could Cost Taxpayers More Than $1 Million
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, and U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released a letter today to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Alex Kozinski concerning a planned judicial conference in Maui, Hawaii. In their letter, the Senators note that the […]
Sessions: Senate Majority Backs Reid, Supports Leader’s View That Having A Budget Is ‘Foolish’
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today after every member of the Democrat Conference voted to reject every budget the Senate considered, including President Obama’s: “Today, before the whole nation, the majority party running the Senate effectively declared that as long as they’re in charge […]
Timeline Of Senate Democrats’ Refusal To Make Budget Plans Public
April 29, 2009 – The last time the Democrat-led Senate adopted a budget resolution. Also the last time the Majority brought a budget plan to the floor. April 22, 2010 – The Budget Committee completes action on a mark-up and reports a budget out of committee, but the Democrat majority chooses to keep its own plan […]
Sessions: By Refusing To Offer Budget Plan, Senate Majority Endorses Nation’s Current Dangerous Financial Direction
“The party running the Senate has neither written nor offered a budget plan for our nation’s financial future… The budget votes expected this week will once again bring into crystal focus that the party running the Senate is refusing to meet its financial obligations… Through its continued unwillingness to advance a sound plan for the […]
By The Numbers: Three Full Years Since Senate Democrats Last Adopted A Budget
“This Sunday, April 29, we will have gone 3 full years since the last time the Senate Democrats have brought a budget to the floor of the Senate… They are unable to unite behind a financial vision for this country that they are willing to go to the American people and advocate for and publicly defend.”
Sessions: Exactly Three Years Since Senate Majority Last Adopted A Budget
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today about April 29th, the three-year anniversary of the last time the Democrat-led Senate passed a budget resolution: “This Sunday marks exactly three years since the last time the Senate’s Democrat majority adopted a budget. For three years, in the […]
Sessions Comments On Senate Waiving Budget Rules To Increase Debt
“This is not a debate about the merits of the postal bill. It’s a debate about paying for it… A vote to waive the point of order was a vote to waive the debt deal agreement… yet every Democrat Senator voted to break the budget. Today’s vote is more evidence that their Senate majority—which, as […]
Action Alert: Decisive Procedural Vote—Postal Bill Violates Debt Deal
The bill violates the debt limit deal by exceeding the total outlay ceiling in fiscal year 2012 by $11 billion and by increasing the deficit above baseline levels in fiscal years 2012–22 by $34 billion.
Why Senate Democrats Cancelled The Budget Mark-Up
“The fact is what we don’t have is a longer term plan. What we need, I believe, is at least a 10-year plan. That’s why I’m going to mark up the first week that we’re back in session.” – Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, interview on “Fox News Sunday,” April 8, 2012 After not adopting […]
Sessions To Raise Point Of Order Against Postal Bill For Spending Billions More Than Debt Limit Agreement Allowed
“Spending and debt under the postal bill violates the debt limit agreement reached just last summer… This is particularly odd since the President and the Senate Majority Leader have accused the House of breaking the budget agreement by trying to save extra money for taxpayers. This argument, of course, is not sound… Not one word […]