Quick, what do the People’s Republic of China, Soviet Russia (along with the rest of the Warsaw Pact states), Iran, and Britain in Orwell’s 1984 all have in common? They all censor ideas that they don’t want their citizens to hear about. Soon, if the US Congress gets its way, the United States could join…
Last Friday, something remarkable happened on the floor of the United States Senate; we came as close as we’ve come in years to having a real, stand-up-and-talk-incessantly filibuster. It was done by the guy above, Senator Bernie Sanders (I- Vermont), in response to the rotten deal the middle class seems to be getting with President…
Today, we saw a repeat of what happened the last few months with regard to the special extensions to unemployment benefits; on Tuesday, millions of Americans will, once again, see an interruption in their unemployment checks thanks to Congress balking at extending the measures that were intended to only be temporary. At least this time,…
[tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] By now, most of you have probably heard: on Thursday night the Senate passed Wall Street Reform after a debate that had proceeded remarkably smoothly up until the last week or so. In fact, throughout the whole process, not much out of the ordinary for what the people should expect of the…
[tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] If there were ever an unfortunate name to have in politics, it would be the situation that Representative Louise Slaughter (D-NY) currently faces. As head of the House Rules Committee, she is being given the dubious honor of having a dubious idea to pass health care reform in the House of Representatives…
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[tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] Today, something remarkable happened in Baltimore, Maryland. After a year of bitter partisanship in Congress, with Republicans presenting a united front against everything the Democrats have put forward, most people thought a civil discourse between the two parties was just about impossible. Until today, when President Obama addressed House Republicans during their…
[tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] Well, we all saw this coming. Less than a week after the Supreme Court ruled that many campaign finance restrictions are unconstitutional, both parties are trying to use the news to their advantage. While the Democrats are crying foul and scrambling to come up with ways to reinstate the restrictions, the Republicans…
[picapp align="center" wrap="false" link="term=ben+nelson&iid=7421877" src="1/1/4/b/Senate_moves_forward_fde5.JPG?adImageId=8929963&imageId=7421877" width="380" height="495" /] [tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] Back in December, you may recall that as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was searching for the 60 votes necessary to break the impasse over healthcare reform, he turned to Senator Ben Nelson, a moderate Democrat from Nebraska. He got Senator Nelson’s vote, but…
[picapp align="center" wrap="false" link="term=byron+dorgan&iid=7472280" src="a/8/e/f/Democratic_Senators_Dodd_7d04.jpg?adImageId=8848716&imageId=7472280" width="380" height="274" /] [tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] In 1994, after a nasty fight over healthcare, a Democratic majority in Congress was defeated by the GOP in President Clinton’s first midterm elections. This of course sounds eerily similar to what could possibly happen this year, in President Obama’s first midterm elections. The…
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