by Mark Angelides | Jan 12, 2022 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
President Joe Biden made one of the most stunning speeches of his long career during an Atlanta, Georgia visit on Tuesday, January 11. It was neither his passion nor delivery that marked this latest address as one for the history books, but rather his volte-face on...
by James Fite | Dec 10, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
A new type of deal brokered in the U.S. Senate could have long-reaching implications for the future of the filibuster. Thanks to dealings between upper chamber party leaders, a number of GOP lawmakers voted with Democrats to pass a resolution that would allow a simple...
by Mark Angelides | Oct 22, 2021 | Articles, Biden Administration, Good Reads, Opinion
Appearing at a CNN town hall in Baltimore, Maryland, on Thursday, October 21, President Joe Biden was handed an opportunity to speak solely to the converted in an orchestrated event hosted by Anderson Cooper. With his administration in crisis, a lifeline in the form...
by James Fite | Oct 8, 2021 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
Late Thursday evening, October 7 – after a good deal of back and forth and uncertainty as to whether enough Republicans would agree to overcome the filibuster – the Senate passed a bill to increase the debt limit by $480 billion. The actual passage of the bill was...
by Mark Angelides | Oct 6, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, Politics
President Joe Biden hinted on Tuesday, October 5, that his party might go it alone in raising the debt ceiling after the Senate reached a legislative stalemate. With a choice between trying to force through his legacy spending package or averting the disaster of a...