The FY 2006 emergency supplemental bill to fund war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan was held up this afternoon because of a dispute over where the Senate should set the discretionary spending limits for FY 2007 appropriations bills. According to CQ Today, a spokeswoman for Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran (R-MS) "confirmed that a resolution 'deeming' a Senate fiscal 2007 spending cap had not been resolved. She said it would be difficult to reach agreement on a final bill without a deeming resolution attached to it."

One Economy Corp., a nonprofit group, has started a project called the Public Internet Channel, plans to create a website with easily accessible information about public safety, emergency services, education, health and economic opportunities. They believe that much of the content on the Internet is hard to find, especially if you are not web-savvy. See One Economy's existing site.

The Senate just completed a procedural vote on repeal of the estate tax, and the motion was not agreed to. The Republican leadership would have needed 60 votes in order to proceed with consideration of full repeal of the estate tax; the final vote count was 57-41.

Today I wrote a "Special Guest" blog posting on the estate tax repeal effort at TPM Cafe - a highly trafficed political blog. TPM Cafe Post: Insanity Week on Capitol Hill In it I discuss a possible vote outcome for the cloture vote tomorrow. Check it out and avail yourself of the opportunity to add comments at TPM Cafe.