Archive for January, 2013

Flaccid Filibuster Reform Throws a Wet Blanket on “Audacity”

January 24, 2013
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid talked a big game about taking apart the filibuster leading up to his Grand Bargain with Republican leader Mitch McConnell. The Kentucky Senator now promises to play nice. But like Lucy holding the football for Charlie Brown he has once again snookered the hapless Majority Leader. Reid has rewarded...

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The “Gun Wage”

January 17, 2013
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When President Barack Obama signed executive orders yesterday outlining 23 actions aimed at blunting the effects of gun violence in America he urged citizens to contact their congressional representatives: “Get them on record,” he said. “Ask your member of Congress if they support universal background checks to keep guns out of the wrong hands....

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