Tag: rare victory

This is how incompetent the Republicans in Senate are: When angry Democrats briefly shut down the Senate last year to protest the slow pace of a congressional investigation into prewar intelligence on Iraq, Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) claimed a rare victory. Republicans called it a stunt but promised to quickly wrap up […]

In the week prior to Congress’s summer recess, the military spending bill was shoved aside by leader Tom Delay in order to bring more pressing matters to the table. The issue at hand – protecting the gun industry from civil action. Just a few minutes ago, the House voted to pass this bill: Congress gave […]