It was not surprising that the Bernie Sanders attempt to put the $15.00 Minimum Wage Increase into the Senate version of the American Rescue Plan failed. All the Republicans were going to vote against it and Democrats Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin were on the record saying they would not support it. What is surprising … Read more
This evening, the Office of Management and Budget Nominee Neera Tanden asked the Biden/Harris Administration to withdraw her nomination after it became clear there was no pathway to secure her confirmation. In a letter written to President Biden, Ms. Tanden, the head of the Center for American Progress wrote: “I am writing to you to … Read more
In 1947, legendary Republican Senator and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Arthur Vandenburg, according to David McCullough’s renowned work Truman, sped the confirmation of George C. Marshall as Secretary of State in one day. This action occurred at a time when Cold War Tensions were rising between the United States and the Soviet … Read more
During the presentation of the final leading members of his Domestic and Economic Policy Team, President-Elect Biden and Vice President-Elect Harris made several comments regarding the start of his Administration on January 20, 2021. Highlights of Biden’s comments include: Citing the historic diversity of the incoming White House staff and cabinet including the first woman … Read more
In the first volume of his memoir “A Promised Land,” former President Barack Obama recounted a story about Mitch McConnell now President-Elect Joe Biden told him about passing a bill the then Delaware Senator championed. According to Biden, the Political Prince of Darkness-Enemy of the People-Obstructionist in Chief Moscow Mitch looked at his friend, the … Read more