The media lets Joe Manchin get away with his “Aw shucks, I’m just a simple country bumpkin” shtick all the time. This prima donna diva is calculating and conniving, don’t kid yourself. He didn’t get to be a wealthy coal baron otherwise. Manchin likes to tell the lazy media villagers that “if we all negotiate … Read more
With only two weeks to go before the Halloween self-imposed deadline for Democrats to pass the budget reconciliation bill, and calls from every corner of the Democratic Party for the prima donna divas Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema to explain themselves (“What do you want?“), one would think these divas would finally be sitting down … Read more
The Hill reports, Senate reaches deal on short-term debt hike into December: Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Thursday that he had reached an agreement with Republicans to extend the debt ceiling into December. “We have reached an agreement to extend the debt ceiling through early December,” Schumer said. The agreement, according to … Read more
David Gordon suggests “It May be Time for Democrats to Take Part of the Loaf Now and Come Back for More Later.” Back in the day when we had a government that worked in regular order, I might agree. Senator Hubert Humphrey taught me the value of the “half a loaf,” and it worked for … Read more
On Saturday, the House Budget Committee advanced the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion American Families Plan as party leaders set their sights on teeing up the package for a vote in the lower chamber this coming week. House panel advances $3.5T spending bill. The Democratic-led committee passed the package in a 20-17 party-line vote on Saturday afternoon, … Read more