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… including Chuck Schumer, Dick Durbin, Diane Feinstein, Harry Reid, Joe Manchin, Tim Johnson, Kent Conrad, Claire McCaskill, Ben Nelson, Mary Landrieu, and Tom Harkin. Well, at least they support a BBA whenever they are the minority party in opposition to a Republican President or Republican congressional majority. Or maybe they would only [...]
July 23, 2011 | Posted by Michael Laprarie |

Positively Orwellian. All pigs are equal under the law, but the law does not apply to congress pigs?
May 26, 2011 | Posted by Rodney Graves |
With 99% of Keystone State precincts reporting, Arlen Spectre (D-PA) has lost his bid for nomination as a Democrat.
May 19, 2010 | Posted by Rodney Graves |
The Senate still requires that Bills and Amendments be read on the floor. This requirement is almost always dispensed with via the Unanimous Consent of the chamber. Having been flooded…
December 17, 2009 | Posted by Rodney Graves |
After months of posturing and posing, Senate Democrats bow to President Bush yet again and approve the money they have withheld for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Manu Raju…
December 19, 2007 | Posted by Jim Addison |
Dissatisfied with his handling of the appropriations process this year, Senate Democrats are considering ways to oust Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia from his Chairmanship of the powerful Senate…
December 19, 2007 | Posted by Jim Addison |
President Bush continued his string of victories over the Democratic Congress as leaders in both House and Senate acquiesce to his spending limit demands, reports Alexander Bolton for The Hill:…
December 13, 2007 | Posted by Jim Addison |
Senator Ted Kennedy is apparently getting a huge advance for his memoirs, reportedly in the range of those given to Hillary Clinton ($8 mil) and Tony Blair ($9 mil). Personally,…
November 30, 2007 | Posted by Jim Addison |
Mississippi Senator Trent Lott will resign his seat by the end of the year, Michael Kunzelman and Jack Elliott, Jr. report for the Associated Press: Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott, the…
November 26, 2007 | Posted by Jim Addison |
The United States Senate passed the Biden-Brownback resolution advocating a partition of Iraq with semi-autonomous regions. Their stupidity is exceeded only by their arrogance. Anne Flaherty reports for the Associated…
September 28, 2007 | Posted by Jim Addison |
Another day, another defeat for Harry Reid and the Defeat Caucus, reports Anne Flaherty for the Associated Press: The Senate rejected legislation Friday that would have ordered most U.S. troops…
September 21, 2007 | Posted by Jim Addison |
Only two days after being called on the carpet by his Masters of the antiwar Left, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid failed to deliver on his whiny promises as the…
September 20, 2007 | Posted by Jim Addison |
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he will block the nomination of Ted Olson if the President selects him as Attorney General, Reuters is reporting: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid…
September 12, 2007 | Posted by Jim Addison |
Just in time for your toe-tappin' restroom pleasure, The Unsinkable Larry Craig hints he may reconsider his resignation from the Senate, contest his guilty plea in appellate court, and bring…
September 4, 2007 | Posted by Jim Addison |
Senators Carl Levin and John Warner are, in essence, calling for a vote of no confidence in the Iraqi government, reports Jonathan Weisman of the Washington Post: Declaring the government…
August 20, 2007 | Posted by Jim Addison |
The latest brilliant idea to raise taxes “on the rich” targets so-called “private equity partnerships,” including hedge funds, and aims to take away their ability for profits to be taxed…
August 16, 2007 | Posted by Jim Addison |
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