U.S. Senate
Another Case for Campaign Finance Reform
Thursday, September 17th, 2009Last November, America said a resounding NO to Republican ideas and a full-throated YES to change, including a new and sensible health care system. By what tortured logic, then, is the committee drafting new health legislation composed of an EQUAL number of Democrats and Republicans?
What kind of dysfunctional democracy do we have [...]
ANOTHER REASON WHY AMERICA THINKS SO LITTLE OF CONGRESS!
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008When Bush attorney Harriet Miers ignored a subpoena to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committe, what did they do about it? NOTHING!
When former Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez lied to the same Committee, what did they do?
NOTHING!
They apparently don’t have the time or inclination to pursue THOSE offenses, but they DO have time to obsess [...]
Speaking Of History Repeating Itself…
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007The Senate voted Tuesday night to approve a sweeping year-end budget package after adding $70 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan over the objections of Democrats who have been stymied all year in their efforts to change the course of the conflict in Iraq.
By an overwhelming 70-to-25 vote, senators moved to provide the [...]
Senate Democrats Compromise On Energy Bill
Thursday, December 13th, 2007Instead of raising taxes on the oil companies, why not provide them with a targeted tax credit that financially incentivizes them to aside a small portion of their profits for developing alternative energies domestically? Reducing our dependency on Middle East oil is crucial to our national security. Meanwhile, Senate Democrats could help their [...]