The extreme right’s battle against organized labor is taking another turn in Ohio: Just two days after voters overwhelmingly killed legislation restricting collective bargaining for public employees, Tea Party activists and a nonunion trade group Thursday launched a campaign to put a broader crackdown on union rights on the statewide ballot in 2012 or 2013. […]
If this keeps up then we might finally get rid of Lieberman in 2012: More than 80 percent (81 percent) of Democrats now say they disapprove of the job Lieberman is doing with only 14 percent approving. Among Republicans, 48 percent disapprove of the senator with just 39 approving. And among independents, 61 percent disapprove […]
No there isn’t one yet, but Russ Feingold wants to change that: U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, issued the following statement today on plans to introduce an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to end appointments to the Senate by state governors and require special elections in the […]
According to a new article inTime Magazine, members of Senate on both sides of the aisle are considering a constitutional amendment that will limit the powers of the President at wartime. A source familiar with the nascent constitutional amendment says one version would make clear that any actions by the President as Commander in Chief […]
The brilliant Ted Rall brings up an option to deal with our President that I have thought of in the past. Follow the lead of California and start a national recall. One solution is to establish a California-style recall system on the national level. If a significant percentage of Americans loses confidence in the president […]