I guess rumors are starting to fly that the Republicans may try to filibuster the confirmation of Timothy Geithner. Harry Reid has already issued a soft warning on it: “I would frankly think it would not be very wise politically to do that,” Reid told told reporters. “We have a president who is very popular, […]
Vendettas and ‘gotcha’ is the politics of old. It’s synonymous with the old attack ads, and something the American people have started rejected, rather strongly. Barack Obama campaigned on change. In two weeks since becoming our President elect, Obama has: Embraced his one time rival Hillary Clinton, offering her a top position in his administration […]
Now that we have a Democrat taking over 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. and Democrats controlling Congress, can we look at a serious budget cut? I’m of course talking about the bullshit “war on drugs”. So far this year our governments (federal and state) have spent close to $44 billion on this never ending war. It’s like […]
Awesome! Dodd has a pretty loyal base, even though he didn’t do that great in his bid for the White House. Maybe in return Obama will endorse Dodd for Majority Leader next year.
Take note Harry Reid -this is how leadership should look. Chris Dodd will once again do everything he can to block the flawed FISA bill. Tim Tagaris has all the details. I really like the sound of “Majority Leader Dodd”.
I mean they are suffering so much. Last year they only made mere billions in profit: Senate Republicans blocked a broad energy bill Thursday because it included billions of dollars in new taxes on the biggest oil companies. Democratic leaders fell one vote short, 59-40, in getting the 60 votes needed to overcome a GOP […]
Why do they hate our seniors? The Senate blocked legislation on Wednesday that would let the government negotiate Medicare drug prices. Democrats couldn’t muster the 60 votes needed to bring the bill up for a vote. Under the Medicare drug benefit, private insurance plans negotiate with drug makers over the price of medicine for their […]
From today’s WAPO: Even as their confrontation with President Bush over Iraq escalates, emboldened congressional Democrats are challenging the White House on a range of issues — such as unionization of airport security workers and the loosening of presidential secrecy orders — with even more dramatic showdowns coming soon. For his part, Bush, who also […]
The media was reporting yesterday that if Lieberman switched parties it would throw the majority control into the Republicans court. Now we find out that this is actually wrong. The Democrats will retain control of the 110th Senate until the 111th Senate is convened: If Lieberman were to caucus with the Republicans, they would still […]
The AP just reported that Republican Senator Mitch McConnell is threatning to filibuster any attempts by the Democrats to block Bush’s escalation plan. This is ironic, considering what McConnell was saying in his majority days of the filibuster: Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell said yesterday that Republicans have enough votes to invoke the “nuclear option” […]