Without the help of Ben Nelson, Democrats were able to break the GOP filibuster on the jobs bill with the help of Kit Bond, George Voinovich, Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe and Scott Brown. The final vote was 62-30, with Frank Lautenberg missing the vote because of his chemo. As Aravosis points out, Conservatives are on […]
The teabaggers are starting to take on Republicans and their first target is Lindsey Graham. Now, after voting to confirm Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court and expressing a willingness to build a compromise approach to clean energy legislation, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) appears to be the new target of tea party activists. At a […]
And it isn’t siting well with some in the GOP: “I think John is treading on some very thin ground here when he impugns motives and when we start to get into ‘You’re less patriotic than me. I’m more patriotic,’ ” Hagel said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “I admire and respect John McCain very […]
Chafee crossing party lines to endorse a Democrat. Wow. Of course the wingers will write this off as Chafee being a RINO, but it is still a big endorsements.
Good to see one Republican demanind accountability: The Government Accountability Office should “initiate a full and thorough investigation” of allegations that the firefighting systems at the new U.S. Embassy complex under construction in Baghdad have potential safety problems, a senior lawmaker said yesterday. Rep. Frank R. Wolf (Va.), ranking Republican on the Appropriations Committee panel […]
Not surprisingly, the right side of the blogosphere seems somewhat quiet on the Foley news. There is however a couple of items I do want to bring up. First is this post in Redstate’s comment section: I just posted a blog about this as you were writing your post, apparently, having just seen the Drudge […]