Harry Reid might be finally growing a pair. He did something very sneaky tonight: The handful of Republican members who had planned on skipping President Obama’s jobs address to a joint session Thursday night might have to think again. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has scheduled a vote for Thursday to proceed on a […]
Again, the IOKIYAR syndrome strikes: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has vowed to bring the Senate to a standstill unless congressional leaders agree to allocate $40,000 for a federal study on deepening the Port of Charleston. Graham says one out of five jobs in South Carolina stem from trade through Charleston’s busy port, and he warns […]
Harry Reid’s job security just got a little better: Nevada Senate nominee Sharron Angle, a tea party favorite who describes herself as a conservative’s conservative, left the Republican Party at the height of the Reagan revolution and became a Democrat for at least several years, government records show. Documents on file with the Humboldt County, […]
Not really sure how I take this: During his three-decade legislative career, Schumer, 59, has developed a reputation as a razor-elbowed, shamelessly self-serving, media-addicted political monster. He is also arguably the single most effective lawmaker of his generation. Now, with confidant Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) hanging on to his seat by a thread, […]
I’ve been reading this morning about Scott Ashjian, one of the 22 people running against Harry Reid. It looks like he is in some trouble: A Nevada asphalt contractor who faces a legal challenge to his Tea Party of Nevada candidacy for U.S. Senate was hit Friday with felony theft and bad check charges in […]
At least we have a few Democrats in Senate still wanting to see true reform: Four Democratic senators, including two facing potentially challenging election campaigns this year, are asking Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to use reconciliation, a procedural maneuver requiring only 51 votes, to push for a public health insurance option. Sens. Michael Bennet […]
Now it looks like the Republicans have found a loophole that will let them block items in reconciliation: Republicans say they have found a loophole in the budget reconciliation process that could allow them to offer an indefinite number of amendments. Though it has never been done, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) says he’s prepared to […]
When I say President Obama is becoming more like Bush I am generally referring to things like these flip-flops we are seeing all to often. The latest one involves the “cadillac plan” tax on health care: President Barack Obama signaled to House Democratic leaders Wednesday that they’ll have to drop their opposition to taxing high-end […]
This will be big fuel for the GOP: The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) corrected its estimate of the Senate health bill’s costs on Sunday, saying it would reduce deficits slightly less than they’d predicted. In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf said that the nonpartisan budget office had […]
What a bunch of useless fucking cowards: Senate Democrats emerged from a special caucus meeting Monday night determined to pass a health-care bill by Christmas — but without the Medicare buy-in plan that liberals had sought as an alternative to a government insurance option. The Medicare buy-in was never warmly embraced by moderate Democrats, but […]