On Wednesday, the Senate will vote on two balanced budget amendment's to the Constitution. One, is S.J.Res. 10, a solid BBA that all 47 Republicans are supporting, and S.J.Res. 24, a compromise proposal which never actually requires a balanced budget. Senator Paul spoke on the floor today urging members to support a strong BBA to [...]
The Conference Committee dropped their report on the National Defense Authorization Act late last night. In case you didn't already see this coming, the detainee provisions are still intact from the Senate version, though the infringing Section numbers have changed to 1021 & 1022 (formerly Secs. 1031 & 1032). The only real modifications made [...]
Here at C4L, we've been getting a wide range of questions from our members about what happened in the Senate during the fight over S. 1867, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and what the current status of the bill is. Legislative battles are often fast-paced fights where details are changing minute-to-minute. Unfortunately, the internet [...]
