Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) Destroys Republican Nonsense About The COVID-19 Relief Bill
I couldn’t get the C-Span video crop to work in this blog software, but luckily Senator Chris Murphy put the substance of his speech on his Twitter account.
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Norm Ornstein: Reform The Filibuster To Its Former Requirements
Political Scientist Norm Ornstein says if Democrats can’t kill the filibuster, because of recalcitrant Democrats, they can still gut it with reforms. Democrats can’t kill the filibuster. But they can gut it. (excerpt): Progressives’ anger at Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his caucus, who use the filibuster to block every initiative they can, is … Read more
With Friends Like These: Moderate Democrats Weaken The COVID-19 Relief Bill, To What Gain?
This is what Sen. Joe Manchin’s demands for “bipartisanship” with a Republican Party with no intentions to ever negotiate in good faith has produced so far on the COVID-19 Relief bill: Democrats negotiating against themselves in a compulsive desire to signal moderation in a futile attempt to appease bad faith Republicans. First Rule of Negotiation: never … Read more
Americans Did Not Elect This Fool ‘Decider-in-Chief’
No one imagined that when they elected Joe Biden President, Kamala Harris Vice President, flipped the Senate to Democrats and retained the House for Democrats that they were electing this fool, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), to be the “Decider-in-Chief” over the Democratic agenda and legislation in Congress. Manchin recently told West Virginia’s News: “I’ve watched … Read more
Women’s History Month: Make History By Ratifying The Equal Rights Amendment
When the 117th U. S. Congress convened, on January 21, 2021 bills with bipartisan support were introduced to remove the time limit placed upon the Equal Rights Amendment in 1972. In the U.S. Senate, Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) introduced S.J. Res 1, and in the House of Representatives, Rep. Jackie Speier … Read more