Tag Archives: Harry Reid

Brookings Institution: Molly Reynolds: Limitations of The Senate Filibuster

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat Warning! This article is only for truly hard-core political and Congressional junkies and people who haven’t slept in days and need to fall asleep real quick. Great bedtime reading for your hard-core insomniacs. Because this is not … Continue reading →

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Slate: Issac Chotiner Interviewing Norm Ornstein- The Fight Over Antonin Scalia’s SCOTUS Replacement

Posted on February 25, 2016 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat I would love to say I’m even surprised to see Senate Leader Mitch McConnell and Chairman Chuck Grassley and their flat-out obstructionism when to comes to filling Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. But … Continue reading →

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Senator Rand Paul: Senator Paul Speaks Out Against Budget Agreement: 10/29/15

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  I actually agree with a lot of what Senator Paul said here. But he gets a couple of things wrong here. The new spending in the Bipartisan Budget Act that is for defense and domestic programs is … Continue reading →

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The Young Turks: Panel- What Will Happen After Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid Retires?

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Derik Schneider

It must be a slow news day if I’m blogging about the retirement of a U.S. Senator. Even Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, the most powerful Democrat in Congress and most powerful Democrat in Congress since 2005. Leader Harry Reid … Continue reading →

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Roll Call: Tamar Hallerman & Niels Lesniewski: Senate Democrats Show Limits of GOP Control

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Ederik Schneider

“When Republican leaders seized control of the Senate, they quickly targeted must-pass appropriations bills — not shutdown showdowns — as their best tool for reining in the Obama White House. Two months into the 114th Congress, they have run smack … Continue reading →

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The Washington Post: Jonathan Capehart: John Boehner Needs to Follow His Own Advice on DHS Funding

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Erik Schneider

Source:The Washington Post It is not often that I agree with House Speaker John Boehner on anything and I’ll let you judge for yourself how often that is. But he has a point here. The House did their job at … Continue reading →

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Politico: Dylan Byers: Chuck Todd: ‘Senate Democrats May Overthrow Harry Reid’

Posted on November 6, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  First of all, I hope that Senate Democrats will overthrow Harry Reid as their leader which will be the Senate Minority Leader in the next Congress and I’ll explain why. If there are two faces that are … Continue reading →

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Jeremy Diamond & Eric Weisbrod: Congress Defined As: Useless, Worthless, A Joke

Posted on August 6, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:CNN– with a look at the U.S. Congress. “It can be tough to agree on a single word to describe something that affects every single American. But when it comes to Congress, the task suddenly doesn’t seem so insurmountable. CNN … Continue reading →

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Associated Press: U.S. Senate Blocks President Obama’s Pick For Civil Rights Post

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  Wow, President Obama losing a vote on one of his executive nominations in a Democratic Senate with a clear 55-45 majority, where the minority can no longer block executive nominations by themselves. This loss has to do … Continue reading →

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

Posted on January 16, 2014 by kireschneider

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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