Weeper of the House John Boehner’s “barn cleaning” continues in the House. The TanMan could not get the long-term highway bill that is needed, but he did get the knuckleheads in the House to approve a short-term extension to give negotiators more time to negotiate the long-tern bill. The Highway Fund is set to run … Read more
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings …Normally, I am loathe to highlight GOPer events, especially fundraisers, but the “hidden” subtext on this one is so blatant that it merits coverage… And before anyone thinks that would be surprise, it should be noted that no real GOP “frontrunner” has emerged, the closest being Rand Paul. … Read more
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings …that Rep. Paul "I'm a millionaire" Gosar (R-AZ1) pushed an anti-Davis-Bacon Act amendment to the Homeland Security funding bill passed by the House this week? The Davis-Bacon Act requires that workers on public works projects are paid the "prevailing wage" in their area. The amendment failed, even with … Read more
By Michael Bryan To keep this live blog thread updated, click the title, bookmark the page and reload periodically. I'll be updating this post all evening. 5:44pm Checking in: Polls aren't closing for over an hour here locally and I'll be heading to Gentle Ben's for the Drinking Liberally poll watch, and popping in at … Read more