Paul Blumenthal writes at the Huffington Post, Democrats’ Top Priority Is To Reform Elections. Will It Be The Bill To Break The Filibuster? Congressional Democrats are pushing a sweeping package of voting rights, gerrymandering, election, campaign finance and ethics reforms, called the For the People Act. It’s listed as H.R. 1 in the House and … Read more
Democrats introduced on Thursday what would be the first landmark piece of legislation of the Biden presidency. The New York Times reports, Democratic Lawmakers Introduce Biden’s Immigration Overhaul in House: President Biden’s allies on Capitol Hill on Thursday unveiled a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system, describing it as a humane response to four years … Read more
Republicans, led by the “Grim Reaper” of the Senate legislative graveyard, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, seem to think that the best way for them to heal their divided party is to unite in opposition to Joe Biden’s plan to tackle the public health and economic crisis that he inherited from Republicans last month, i.e., … Read more
I’ll admit that I have never been a big fan of Kyrsten Sinema. I have always considered her all show and no substance. When it comes to policy chops, she is a lightweight. (But she is in the Democratic Caucus which counts towards giving us nominal control of the U.S. Senate). But the Republican-biased POLITICO … Read more
Something which should have been done with little fanfare the day the Senate races were declared in Georgia, but for the evil GOP bastard Mitch McConnell wanting to keep his “precious,” the Senate filibuster, is now finalized and scheduled for a vote today. The Hill reports, Schumer, McConnell reach deal on Senate organizing resolution: Majority … Read more