Tag Archives: 113th Congress

The Fiscal Times: Eric Pianin: Get Ready For One-Party Rule if GOP Wins The Senate

Source:The New Democrat  I blogged last night that best ways to fix Washington as far as the national political scene goes, is first by fixing Congress. And that starts in the upper chamber the U.S. Senate. The U.S. House of … Continue reading

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell: It’s Time for Better Ideas

. Source:The New Democrat  Minority Leader Mitch McConnell actually sounding constructive instead of obstructive here in talking about expanding educational and job training opportunities for unemployed workers as part of a deal that would extend Unemployment Insurance for these long-term … Continue reading

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GOP Weekly Address: Video: U.S. Senate Thad Cochran With the GOP’s Weekly ObamaCare Statement

. This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger The GOP’s one horse race is ObamaCare even though that is not the only issue Americans are interested in. And if you look at the weak December jobs … Continue reading

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Bernie Sanders: Video: The War on Poverty

. The New Democrat Senator Sanders giving several examples of federal programs that have been created to help people in poverty pay their bills and so forth. But didn’t give any examples of how these programs have moved people from … Continue reading

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The Nation: Zoe Carpenter: The Progressive Resurgence

The Nation: Opinion: Zoe Carpenter: The Progressive Resurgence The New Democrat When Republicans took back control of the House of Representatives in 2011, thanks to the Tea Party, the Republican right-wing had all the momentum when it came to economic … Continue reading

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The Daily Beast: Ben Jacobs: Harry Reid Goes Nuclear on Filibusters

The Daily Beast: Congress: Harry Reid Goes Nuclear on Filibusters The New Democrat Just to be perfectly clear, the Senate filibuster on executive and lower judicial nominations, meaning non-Supreme Court appointments to the federal bench have been removed from possible … Continue reading

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VOA News: Luiz Ramirez: Future Role of US Troops in Afghanistan Debated

. Source:The New Democrat  The only thing that American troops in conjunction with NATO should be doing right now is helping to train and develop the Afghan military so Afghanistan can defend itself from domestic and foreign invaders including the … Continue reading

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PBS NewsHour: Hari Sreenivasan- Nathan Gonzalez: ‘Would a Third Major Party Ease Congressional Gridlock?’

Source:PBS NewsHour– interviewing Nathan Gonzalez. Source:The Daily Times “For the past 10 years, Gallup has asked: Do the Republican and Democratic parties do an adequate job representing the American people or do they do such a poor job that a … Continue reading

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The Globalist: Uwe Bott: ‘The Need For U.S. Constitutional Reform’

Source:Free State MD I’ve blogged about this before, but the problems with America do not have to do with the United States Constitution. But the some of our so-called leaders and public officials who in some cases represent a hard … Continue reading

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PBS NewsHour: Shields & Brooks: ‘On Shutdown’s Tectonic Effect For Republicans’

Source:PBS NewsHour– New York Times columnist David Brooks. Source:The Daily Times “Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s top political news, including how Republicans and Democrats have fared in … Continue reading

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