Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Day Thirty Three of KY's 2014 Session In Review

The Senate passed three Senate bills on Monday, SB 2, SB 4 and SB 6. SB 2 deals with transportation of household goods, while SB 4 deals with residential care workers and SB 6 with mental health records. The House concurred and passed HB181, a bill dealing with eggs and it is now on its way to the Governor.
There was rumors that today’s schedule would be altered due to former President Clinton’s visit and campaign stop on behalf of Alison Lundergran Grimes today in Louisville, but the schedule appears to be running on normal times and is packed with activity today.


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    UPCOMING MEETINGS:

    Tuesday, February 25, 2014
    8:00am, Annex Room 129
    HOUSE STANDING COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
    Agenda: Consideration of HB 121, HB 383, HB 424 and HCR 11
    9:00am, Annex Room 171
    HOUSE STANDING COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS, CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
    Agenda: Consideration of HB 158
    9:00am, Annex Room 154
    HOUSE STANDING COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
    Agenda: Consideration of HB 33, HB 90, HB 255, HB 260 and HB 295
    9:00am, Annex Room 149
    SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND REVENUE
    Agenda: Overview of Judicial Budget, Chief Justice John D. Minton, Jr.
    10:00am, Annex Room 169
    SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON LICENSING, OCCUPATIONS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS
    Agenda: Consideration of: SB 19, SB 83 and SB 128
    Noon, Annex Room 129
    SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND INSURANCE
    Agenda: Consideration of SB 118
    2:00pm, House Chambers
    House Convenes (Orders of the Day)
    2:00pm, Senate Chambers
    Senate Convenes (Orders of the Day)

    SOME OF THE LATEST POLITICAL STORIES:

    Republican senators are attacking GOP challengers earlier and more aggressively than in past elections, including using opposition research to try to knock out upstart rivals before they become serious threats.Click to Continue » [...]
    Tue, Feb 25, 2014 8:24:00 AM, Continue reading at the source

    The Senate Conservatives Fund will go up on the air Tuesday with a 60-second radio ad attacking U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell for his vote for the TARP bailout and other positions it claims “betrayed Kentucky’s conservative values.” The ad appears to be in response to McConnell’s recent attacks on Republican Matt Bevin, for signing an Securities and Exchange Commission filing in 2008 that praised the Troubled Asset Relief Program. The Senate Conservatives Fund, which was formed by former U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, has endorsed Bevin. McConnell’s campaign has tried to paint Bevin as a hypocrite because Bevin has been critical of McConnell [...]
    Tue, Feb 25, 2014 4:01:00 AM, Continue reading at the source


    U.S. Senate candidate Matt Bevin is telling a “pants on fire” lie in a recent television commercial, according to PolitiFact, which gauges the truthfulness of political claims. In the ad, which aired only on cable television, accuses McConnell of voting like Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid on gun issues. “Mitch McConnell voted with Harry Reid to infringe on our gun rights.  Matt Bevin always supports the second amendment,” the Bevin ad says. That’s not exactly true, according to PolitiFact. In fact, PolitiFact says it bears very little resemblance to the truth. To back up its claim, the Bevin campaign cites McConnell’s vote for the [...]
    Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:47:00 PM, Continue reading at the source

    Bill Clinton, popular in territory unfriendly to President Barack Obama, is reprising his role as a super-surrogate for Democrats battling to keep their Senate majority and win other races. In…Click to Continue » [...]
    Mon, Feb 24, 2014 9:28:00 PM, Continue reading at the source

    An attorney says that former state Rep. John A. Arnold Jr., D-Sturgis, might be suffering from dementia and uncontrollable behavior problems, prompting a delay in a Legislative Ethics Commission proceeding…Click to Continue » [...]
    Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:04:00 PM, Continue reading at the source

    U.S. Sen. Rand Paul ranks #3 and Mitch McConnell is #15 in the Club for Growth’s 2013 rankings of the U.S. Senate. Meanwhile U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie is ranked 19th overall and Rep. John Yarmuth is ranked 358th overall — marking the extremes of Kentucky’s delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives. According to the Club for Growth’s scorecard, McConnell voted with the conservative organization 87 percent of the time, which is slightly above his lifetime score of 85 percent, while Paul voted with the group 97 percent of the time, slightly below his lifetime score of 99 percent. Paul voted against the Club for [...]
    Mon, Feb 24, 2014 7:59:00 PM, Continue reading at the source

    By Sam Youngman and Bill Estep syoungman@herald-leader.com The Kentucky Opportunity Coalition is set to begin running radio ads in Kentucky's coal-producing counties boasting of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's pushback against what it calls President Barack Obama's "war on coal." The group, a 501(c)4 non-profit organization that is allied with McConnell, has spent $75,000 to air the 60-second spot in 28 counties. It touts McConnell's "Saving Coal Jobs Act." "There is nothing funny about what they’ve done to Central Appalachia and the Eastern Kentucky coal fields," McConnell says in the ad. "They want us to sit down and shut up, and I’m telling you [...]
    Mon, Feb 24, 2014 1:22:00 AM, Continue reading at the source

    Which zip code in WHAS11's viewing area has the most disability recipients? How much does the average recipient receive per month in Kentucky? And, how does Senator Rand Paul suggest the system should be changed? [...]
    Tue, Feb 25, 2014 12:39:29 PM, Continue reading at the source

    A major milestone was celebrated Monday for Louisville’s Simmons College and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul was there to make the announcement. [...]
    Tue, Feb 25, 2014 12:39:29 PM, Continue reading at the source
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