Senate Passes Amended Covid Relief Package, Back to the House
The Senate spent 25+ plus hours doing it, but the much debated Covid relief package is now passed and on the way back to the House for reconciliation.
The Senate spent 25+ plus hours doing it, but the much debated Covid relief package is now passed and on the way back to the House for reconciliation.
What might be done to mitigate the contra-democratic effect the peculiar tradition of filibuster has in the Senate? Burt Likko has an idea.
When you write a book in the middle of a crisis like Andrew Cuomo did you are just begging the political gods to come get them some
HR 1 “For the People Act” is a 791 page monster of a bill. But through the power of PDF it is searchable, so read it for yourself.
We can’t wave a magic wand and turn the United States into Denmark. We have to build on existing policies and traditions
I got my hands up, they’re playing my song, they know I’m gonna donate today. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaah, it’s fundraising in the U.S.A.
“(Andrew Cuomo) also asked people not to rush to judgments before the investigation is concluded—a courtesy he has seldom shown”
Trump and his CPAC speech will allow a return to the headlines. Just step back for a moment and let’s ask the questions that matter
Two Democrats voted “no” on an otherwise party line vote as the House of Representatives pass the latest Covid relief legislation package.
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The attempt to get a $15 Minimum Wage passed through senate budget means was ruled out of order by the Senate Parliamentarian
Instead of the “Man in the Arena” section in “Citizenship in a Republic” denizens of the ball pit republic should ponder the rest
Gotham was never the same after The Penguin gained an interest in politics. Neither was politics, for that matter.
The long-expected lawsuit from Dominion against MyPillow CEO and election conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell has finally dropped.
President’s Day is technically not even named President’s Day, and was last week, but let us take what we can get
The Equality Act is being reintroduced in the House of Representatives, amending civil rights law in workforce, housing, education, credit, jury service and other areas of American life
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Read the US Citizenship Act for yourself, or since its 353-pages use the search feature of the embedded PDF to make it easier.
Read Rep Ayanna Pressley “Federal Jobs Guarantee” resolution for yourself for this new spin on a very old idea.
Radio and conservative political icon Rush Limbaugh has died at 70, his wife announced to open his radio show today.