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Brookings Institution: Governance Studies- Molly Reynolds: Limitations of The Senate Filibuster

Source: This piece was originally posted at 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 … Continue reading

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

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat: Slate: Issac Chotiner Interviewing Norm Ornstein- The Fight Over Antonin Scalia’s SCOTUS Replacement I would love to say I’m even surprised to see Senate Leader Mitch McConnell and Chairman Chuck … Continue reading

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

Source: Senator Rand Paul: Senator Paul Speaks Out Against Budget Agreement: 10/29/15 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 … Continue reading

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

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

Roll Call: Congress: Tamar Hallerman & Niels Lesniewski: Senate Democrats Show Limits of GOP Control For all of you non-political junkies, first of all I’m wondering why you’re reading this at all, but secondly this piece is for the average … Continue reading

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The Washington Post: Opinion- Jonathan Capehart- “John Boehner Needs to Follow His Own Advice on DHS Funding”: How Senate Democrats Should Try to Fix Another GOP Mess

Washington Post: Opinion- Jonathan Capehart- John Boehner Needs to Follow His Own Advice on DHS Funding 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 … Continue reading

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Politico: Blog: Dylan Byers: Chuck Todd: Senate Democrats May Overthrow Harry Reid: Why Senate Democrats Need New Leadership

This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger Politico: Blog: Dylan Byers: Chuck Todd: Senate Democrats May Overthrow Harry Reid First of all, I hope that Senate Democrats will overthrow Harry Reid as their leader which will … Continue reading

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

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

The Fiscal Times: Opinion: Eric Pianin: Get Ready For One-Party Rule If GOP Wins The Senate This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger I blogged last night that best ways to fix Washington as far as … Continue reading

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PBS: Video: NewsHour: U.S. Senate Advances bill to Restore Benefits For Long-Term Unemployed

. This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger Good news for unemployed workers and I did here a couple of positive things even from Speaker of the House John Boehner. Who basically said the current bill … Continue reading

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