As I mentioned in the announcement right before this post, there’ll be many changes coming in the next several days. I hope to make the process as seamless as possible, but I also like getting down and dirty with the code and also somehow doing things the hard way. Anyway, this is most likely the…
Ah, another Congressional recess without addressing the unemployment benefits crisis. According to the Huffington Post’s count, it’s now been 37 days since the impending specter of that final benefit check was hung over the collective heads of the millions of unemployed Americans. I hate to say it, but it doesn’t look like it will be…
Well, this week another big set of primary elections was settled. Other than a few remaining primaries and run-off elections, the field for the 2010 midterm elections is now set. Sorry this post took so long to come out; there are so many different narratives that emerged on Tuesday, both new and ones we’ve seen…
[picapp align="none" wrap="false" link="term=News&iid=8312835" src="b/8/c/f/House_Votes_On_2059.jpg?adImageId=11539481&imageId=8312835" width="500" height="333" /] [tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] Well here we are folks, the moment we have all been waiting for (or dreading) has happened. The House of Representatives passed the Senate health care bill by a vote of 219-212 tonight following a full day of debate, the last six hours of…
[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…
[tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] Outrage at Congress’ actions is nothing new, and this year it’s even worse than normal. Let’s face it, between the bitter partisan infighting, the incessant filibusters, and still more earmarks than you can shake a hypothetical line-item veto at, who can blame you for such high displeasure at Congress. If someone could…
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[tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] Last week, we all got a wonderfully explicit view of Republican obstructionism. No, I’m not talking about the marathon seven-hour healthcare summit in which the Republicans repeatedly stuck to their position of starting over rather than offer any constructive ideas for reform. I am talking about Senator Jim Bunning’s (R-KY) lone objection…
[picapp align="center" wrap="false" link="term=Scott+Brown&iid=7593000" src="6/4/6/d/Massachusetts_Republican_candidate_2ff7.JPG?adImageId=9309385&imageId=7593000" width="234" height="346" /] [tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] Today, voters in Massachusetts went to the polls in a special election to fill the late Senator Ted Kennedy’s seat in the U.S. Senate. Shockingly, for the first time in about fifty years that seat has apparently gone to a Republican, State Senator Scott…
[picapp align="center" wrap="false" link="term=News&iid=7417277" src="4/b/b/b/Senate_Democratic_Leaders_a66a.jpg?adImageId=8516367&imageId=7417277" width="380" height="570" /] [tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] Well, early this morning the Senate made critical progress on the healthcare bill. At 1 AM Monday morning, the Senate held a vote for cloture on the package of amendments that will be crucial for the bill’s ultimate passage. In case you do not…
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