This past week, the legendary Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) passed away. The soft-spoken Democratic Senate Leader was also tough as nails – when he was a boxer in his youth, his nickname was “the honey badger.” Bill Dauster, former deputy chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, eulogizes, Remembering Sen. Harry Reid, Soft-Spoken … Read more
The U.S. Senate is scheduled to return to work the first week of January, a week earlier than the House. The Hill reports, Democrats set for showdown over filibuster, voting rights: Democrats are barreling toward a showdown over voting rights and changes to the Senate rules, after months of growing frustration from within the caucus. … Read more
Above: h/t CrooksAndLiars blog. Gen. Benedict Arnold can rest easily tonight, knowing that he has finally been replaced by Sen. Joe Manchin as the new face of “American traitor.” For the past year, Sen. Joe Manchin has been working as a GQP “mole” inside the Democratic Party, undermining legislation that the Democratic Caucus and the overwhelming … Read more
After delivering a floor speech in the Senate, Senator Maggie Hassan talks with Rachel Maddow about the looming partisan threat to U.S. democracy and her change of heart about the Senate filibuster rule that Republicans are hiding behind to allow state Republicans to compromise the integrity of the election process. Paul Waldman of the Washington … Read more
To paraphrase Henry II of England, “Will no one rid us of this meddlesome hillbilly?” (and no, I am not suggesting to Thomas Beckett his sorry ass). My frustration has just reached the breaking point with this ignorant hillbilly. 330 million Americans should not be held hostage to the whims of one prima donna Democratic … Read more