Tag: Senate
Senate Reform Ends With A Whimper
The Senate passed something they called “reform” which will do little to reign in abuse of Senate rules by Republicans.
Call The Wahmbulance
Lindsey Graham said the Democrats are using the lame duck session to make Republicans look bad.
DREAM Act/DADT Repeal Cloture Vote Soon
The cloture votes on the DREAM Act and the DADT Repeal should begin at around 10:30. Chris Coons is presiding over the Senate right now.
Pick The Hill To Die On
First, let’s talk about reality. The US Senate is the most ridiculous legislative body on earth. It has a lot of rules and runs by unanimous consent. It is a major cause of the government disfunction right now. Also, Republicans control the media. They have their own 24/7 media outlet and it is treated by […]
DL interviews Chris Coons: Science!
In Part 2 of our interview with Chris Coons, Unstable Isotope asks Mr. Coons to talk about how he will use his background in science to inform his decisions in the Senate.
DL Interviews Chris Coons – Money and Politics
Unstable Isotope and I got a chance to interview Chris Coons on Thursday afternoon. I will post these over the next day or so. The first episode is two questions, one about the impact that the huge budget of Christine O’Donnell has had on his campaign. The second question was about Mr. Coons’ thoughts on […]
Conservative Senators Love Mike Castle
Anyone who thinks Mike Castle would be some kind of moderate thorn in the side of the conservative GOP Senate minority leadership is fooling themselves. Among those senators who reported giving to Castle in October were Thad Cochran (Miss.), whose Senate Victory Fund PAC gave $10,000; Orrin G. Hatch (Utah), whose OrrinPAC donated $5,000; Pat […]
Evening Castle Update
The Post’s Chris Cilzza has this to say about the GOP’s prospects of holding onto Castle’s seat in the house and some wingnut who hates reality is mad at Castle.
Deep Anger Management Thought
Even Matt Denn tells me I need to get over it. Just let it wash over me that Mike Castle lied his ass off. He will be our next Senator….Ohhhmmmm….let that manra somehow bring me peace. Matt is wise and I guess he has a point. I’d be a lot more easy going if I […]
Final Thought
Sometimes I wonder if maybe Tom Carper is encouraging Castle to run for Senate, so they can go on riding Amtrak together for 6 more years. Castle would support Carper’s watered-down no-brainer environmental agenda, Carper would support Castle’s money picture schemes, and together they’d protect big corporations from consumers. I’m not saying Carper would actively […]
Recovery Deal
According to the NYT (and the BBC who is reporting this now), the Dem leadership plus the so-called moderate group reached a deal on the recovery package. As of now, there aren’t many details and no clear info on when a vote will be taken. Senator Kennedy has returned to DC to vote on this, […]
NY Senate: Blue Dog Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand to replace Clinton
So says local WB news affiliate WPIX-11. PIX11 News has learned Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand is the choice of Governor David Paterson to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton. Two Congressional sources tell PIX News that the Governor will make his announcement in Albany at noon tomorrow. He has invited members of the state’s Democratic Congressional […]
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