by Mark Angelides | Oct 13, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
The House of Representatives has voted to extend the federal debt ceiling until early December, staving off a precarious financial default that could have had severe consequences for the U.S. economy. The legislation passed along party lines with a tally of 219–206...
by James Fite | Oct 2, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
Now that the government has been funded – at least for a while – it’s time for Congress to move on to other battles. Namely, it’s time to either pass the infrastructure bills or just bicker about them and accomplish nothing. Thus far, House Democrats seem to have...
by James Fite | Sep 25, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
It didn’t take long for Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to make good on her word. After the Supreme Court refused to shoot down the new law greatly restricting abortions in Texas, Rep. Pelosi promised to bring legislation to the floor to guarantee a right to...
by James Fite | Aug 19, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, The Left
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and President Joe Biden both informed the nation that the hard-fought bipartisan infrastructure bill didn’t stand a snowball’s chance in Hell until the much larger Democrat-led social and environmental package cleared the...
by Mark Angelides | Jul 29, 2021 | Articles, Politics
The Senate voted 67 to 32 to begin discussions on the proposed $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that had been negotiated by a bipartisan group of 21 senators. But despite the accompanying celebrations and the possibility of its passage, the success of the bill may...