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Thom Hartmann: Video: Mike Papantonio: Our Looming Judicial Crisis
Source:The New Democrat At risk of sounding completely inside the beltway and like a congressional junky who knows too much about U.S. Senate rules, Senate Democrats should consider a new rule and even do it with a 51-vote majority necessary … Continue reading
New America Foundation: Justin King: Senator Ron Wyden Wants Children’s Savings Accounts
Source:The New Democrat I somewhat covered this last week with a blog on retirement and unemployment accounts for people so they can save for retirement and not have to burn those accounts when they are unemployed, especially for long periods … Continue reading
Posted in The New Democrat
Tagged 113th Congress, 2014, America, Asset Building, Democratic Party, Justin King, Oregon, Ron Wyden, Savings Accounts, Senate Democrats, Senator Ron Wyden, The Weekly Wonk, U.S. Congress, U.S. Savings Rate, U.S. Senate, United States, Washington, Washington DC
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JFK Library: President Harry S. Truman- Criticism of Senator John F. Kennedy (1960)
Source:JFK Library– President Harry S. Truman (Democrat, Missouri (1945-53) Source:The New Democrat “TNC:27 (excerpt) Press conference given by President Harry Truman announcing his reasons for resigning as a delegate to the 1960 Democratic National Convention. July 2, 1960. This film … Continue reading
Posted in JFK, The New Democrat
Tagged 1960, 1960 Presidential Election, 86th Congress, America, Center Left, Center Right, Classical Liberalism, Classical Liberals, Democratic Party, Harry S. Truman, Harry Truman's Criticism of John F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy For President, Liberalism, Liberals, Massachusetts, Missouri, President Harry S. Truman, Progressive Democrats, Progressives, Progressivism, Senate Democrats, The 1960s, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, United States, Washington, Washington DC
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Reason Magazine: Jacob Sullum: Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Major Sentencing Reforms
Source:The New Democrat I agree that this bill that the Senate Judiciary Committee doesn’t go far enough. I would decriminalize cocaine, heroin and meth. Not legalize them which is different, but my drug policy would be that if adults twenty-one … Continue reading
Posted in Reason, The New Democrat
Tagged 113th Congress, 2014, Alternative Sentencing, America, American Prisons, Chuck Grassley, Democratic Party, Iowa, Jacob Sullum, Pat Leahy, Prison Reform, Republican Party, Senate Democrats, Senate Judiciary Committee, Senate Rpeublicans, Senator Chuck Grassley, Senator Pat Leahy, Sentencing Reform, U.S. Congress, U.S. Government, U.S. Senate, United States, Vermont, War on Drugs, Washington, Washington DC
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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
Los Angeles Times: Why JFK Still Matters
Source:The New Democrat I’m a Liberal Democrat because of Jack Kennedy, the more I read and watch about him, the more I like about the man. At least when it comes to his politics and it was really just his … Continue reading
Posted in JFK, The New Democrat
Tagged 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, America, California, Center Right, Classical Liberalism, Classical Liberals, Democratic Party, House Democrats, Liberalism, Liberals, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, Massachusetts, Senate Democrats, The 1960s, The White House, U.S. Congress, U.S. Government, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, United States, Washington, Washington DC
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Filibuster Flashback: Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on Senate Filibuster (2005)
. Source:The New Democrat Senate Democrats in favor of the filibuster before they were against it as it relates to presidential nominees. Again just goes to the bipartisan hypocrisy and an example of why the U.S. Congress has a ten-percent … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, The New Democrat
Tagged Harry Reid, Hypocrisy, Hypocrite, Senate Democrats, Senate Filibuster, Senate Rules, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate
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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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