Category Archives: Congress

Discerning History: History of the Filibuster

Posted on August 31, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  You want to know why there’s so much hot air in Washington? For one its in an area that gets about five months of summer. Sometimes more, hot humid endless summers at times, where people pray for … Continue reading →

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Crooks & Liars: Report: Allison Lundergan-Grimes Delivers Epic Smackdown Right to Mitch McConnell’s Face

Posted on August 5, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  This is a prefect example of why as a Democrat I’m not worried about Democrats losing the Senate this year. Because the most unpopular member of Congress that is Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is up for … Continue reading →

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Senator John Tester: Taking Care of Veterans is a Cost of Going to War

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  Senator Bernie Sanders and Senator John Tester with the lines of the veterans affairs debate. Senator Bernie Sanders, “that if you can afford to send your soldiers to war, you can afford to take care of them … Continue reading →

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The National Interest: Jacob Heilbrunn Interviewing Senator Tim Kaine

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  This might be or might not be common knowledge at least for Americans who live outside of the Washington Beltway and don’t follow American politics and current affairs closely, but the United States hasn’t officially declared war … Continue reading →

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Los Angeles Times: Representative David Dreier: Can We Make Congress Move?

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  With all due respect to Representative David Dreier who served in the House of Representatives from 1981-2013 and has and inside view of Congress at least the House, “it is worst than it looks”. To paraphrase a … Continue reading →

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The Fiscal Times: Eric Pianin: Senator John Thune’s Thorny Political Test: Pass the Highway Bill

Posted on June 30, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  If Congress were under different and I would just state wiser leadership funding the Highway Trust Fund wouldn’t be that big of a deal. But since we have a Republican House of Representatives that is essentially run … Continue reading →

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The Fiscal Times: Rob Garver: Senate Alums Have a Plan to Fix Our Broken Government

Posted on June 25, 2014 by kireschneider

The Fiscal Times There really isn’t any plan that would fix our U.S. Congress that is so unpopular that only its members, family and staff for the members and perhaps some mental patients approve of the job that it is … Continue reading →

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Roll Call: Opinion: David Eldridge: A Look Back at Congress’s Most Memorable Leadership Races

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Roll Call: Opinion: David Eldridge: A Look Back at Congress’s Most Interesting Leadership Races “Pershing, who went on from Roll Call to The Washington Post, where he covers politics, does a great job showing how leadership battles shaped the futures … Continue reading →

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C-SPAN: Lewis Black: ‘The Beltway Alone Was Built by Idiots’

Posted on April 24, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  In the fall of 2011, Congress, with a Republican House and Democratic Senate, reached  a debt ceiling agreement with President Obama.  As part of that agreement,  Congress took on the monumental task of finding an additional two-trillion … Continue reading →

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C-SPAN: House Judiciary Committee: Attorney General Eric Holder to Representative Louie Gohmert: You Don’t Want to go There Buddy

Posted on April 15, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  This video displays what I love about Attorney General Eric Holder and why he’s so unpopular with Congressional Republicans.  Representative Louie Gohmert has less brains than a rock sitting on the bottom of a river, as the … Continue reading →

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