by James Fite | Oct 1, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, Politics
Despite initial indications that Democrats wouldn’t budge on the debt ceiling and that Republicans had no intention of playing ball either way, Congress did finally work together and agree to fund the government – for now, at least – just hours before the deadline...
by Kelli Ballard | Jul 22, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, Politics
As predicted, the preliminary probing vote on President Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure spending plan was a bust. The $1.2 trillion bill had a test vote that was blocked by the GOP on July 21, with a vote of 49-51; Democrats required 60 votes to move forward....
by Mark Angelides | Jul 14, 2021 | Articles, Politics
Late Tuesday night, the Budget Committee reached an agreement to complete President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan by allotting $3.5 trillion in a sweeping spending proposal. The money is to be used to fund a reconciliation package, which means that Senate Democrats...
by James Fite | Feb 4, 2021 | Articles, Politics
While the Democrats have held a voting majority in the Senate – if you count the tiebreaker, Vice President Harris – since the inauguration, the GOP held out on handing over control of the committees in hopes of getting a filibuster protection written into the rules....
by Joe Schaeffer | Aug 19, 2020 | Articles, Election 2020, Politics, The Left
It was Establishment Nostalgia Night at the Democratic Convention Aug. 18 as an array of Old Guard luminaries looked for all the world as if they were taking a final bow in the limelight under the banner of aged and now official party presidential nominee Joe Biden....