by Tim Donner | Mar 1, 2024 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
In trying to untangle the complicated legacy of retiring Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), one is faced with the classic choice between half-full and half-empty. Some will remember fondly how the 82-year-old grizzled veteran of political wars and...
by James Fite | Feb 8, 2024 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
The long-awaited border policy and Ukraine funding bill withered and died on the vine Wednesday, February 7. The Senate failed to even agree to vote on the actual package, with the cloture vote failing 49-50. But Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) knew it was...
by Liberty Nation Authors | Feb 5, 2024 | Articles, Politics
The US Senate released the text of its proposed border bill on Sunday, February 4. This document has been called “must-pass” legislation by the White House, which has been deeply involved in trying to get a deal on the table. At issue is that the vast...
by James Fite | Jan 27, 2024 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
The ghost of a deal in the Senate to address both border security and Ukraine aid in the same bill may have been exorcised thanks to House Republican leadership. The supposed arrangement has no formal legislative text yet, and the exact details have not been made...
by Sarah Cowgill | Dec 17, 2023 | Articles, Columns, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
Editor’s Note: From the Back Forty is Liberty Nation’s longest running and most popular weekly column. There was a tingle in the air as flyover folks gathered to enjoy fellowship in anticipation of Christmas festivities. It didn’t last, however, as idle chatter...