Tag Archives: United States Senate

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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Townhall: John C. Goodman: A Republican Vision For Health Care Reform

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  The thing about the Republican critique of the Affordable Care Act or ObamaCare, especially from the Tea Party, that has probably annoyed me the most, is the fact that they’ve never been able to present an alternative … Continue reading →

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Heritage Foundation: Amy Payne: Tax Reform Ideas: Three Ways to Make April 15 Less Painful

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  I believe America needs both a short-term and a long-term tax reform plan not only because of our current partisan makeup in power but also because of our long-term economic outlook. The short-term plan is based on … Continue reading →

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PBS NewsHour: Judy Woodruff: Mark Shields & Ramesh Ponnuru On Government Shutdown & Iran

Posted on September 27, 2013 by kireschneider

Source:PBS NewsHour– syndicated columnist and PBS NewsHour political analyst Mark Shields. Source:The Daily Times “Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Ramesh Ponnuru, senior editor at The National Review, join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s top news, including the standoff in … Continue reading →

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C-SPAN: President Obama’s First Speech to Congress

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Derik Schneider

Source:Free State MD When I look at America today I still see a country that I love, the greatest country in the World. There is no other country where I would rather live, even though my family, like most other … Continue reading →

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