Friday’s Political Roundup

The following is political activity for Friday, September 30, 2011, going on in Washington and across the nation. It is courtesy of Scott Wilk, Community Organizer, and Anchor Consulting group. The Beacon will be posting these daily as they become available.

In the House:

1. The House is not in session.
2. Gone in 20 seconds: House quickly clears CR – After all the partisan rhetoric and government shutdown hype, it took the House just 20 seconds to pass a short-term spending resolution to keep the government open.  Politico

In the Senate:

1. The Senate is not in session.
2. Durbin says Democrats don’t currently have the votes for Obama jobs bill -Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) said, at the moment, Democrats in Congress don’t have the votes to pass President Obama’s jobs bill, but Durbin added that that situation would change.  The Hill

Other News

1. Durbin says Democrats don’t currently have the votes for Obama jobs bill -Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) said, at the moment, Democrats in Congress don’t have the votes to pass President Obama’s jobs bill, but Durbin added that that situation would change.  The Hill
2. Draft spending bill would defund Obama healthcare law – House Republicans released a draft spending bill Thursday that would cut off funding for many parts of the healthcare reform law, though the bill remains deadlocked in the Appropriations Committee.  The Hill
3. Obama Charts a New Route to Re-election -  With his support among blue-collar white voters far weaker than among white-collar independents, President Obama is charting an alternative course to re-election should he be unable to win Ohio and other industrial states traditionally essential to Democratic presidential victories.  NY Times
4. York: Cain’s 9-9-9 plan sounds good; will it work? -  Herman Cain’s supporters know their part by heart. On the campaign trail, at the point in Cain’s stump speech when he begins to discuss his plan for economic growth, they’re always ready to join the chorus: “Nine! Nine! Nine!”  They’re referring, of course, to the Republican presidential candidate’s proposal to throw out today’s tax structure and replace it with a 9 percent income tax, a 9 percent business tax, and a 9 percent national sales tax. Cain would eliminate capital gains taxes, the payroll tax and the estate tax.  But is 9-9-9, for all its boldness, a good idea?  Wash Examiner
5. Chris Christie’s inner circle – The political world — or at least the Republican presidential race — is in a state of suspended animation at the moment as everyone waits to see whether New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie might re-think his past refusals to run .  While we wait, we thought it would be helpful to know the men and women that Christie looks to for political advice and who are likely advising him as he weighs the pleas… This list of Christie’s inner circle of advisers is culled from conversations with Republican operatives who are familiar with who the governor trusts and consults with when it comes to politics.  Wash Post

Federal Grant of the Day

• Dynamics of Host-Associated Microbial Communities- This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), solicits applications that propose genetic, physiological, and ecological studies designed to reveal the basic principles and mechanisms that govern the symbiotic systems dynamics of host-associated microbial communities.  Natural Institutes of Health

Today in History

• September 30, 1962- James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying segregation.

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