by Leesa K. Donner | Mar 17, 2022 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
Spring Forward, Fall Back: these bi-annual mantras may become extinct following some quick and, dare we say, dramatic action by the US Senate. This could mean our long national nightmare of fiddling with the clocks might mercifully come to an end. Without a peep, the...
by Andrew Moran | Feb 1, 2022 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Opinion
The United States government has flooded the national economy with trillions of dollars to ostensibly cushion the blows from the coronavirus pandemic and ensure consumers would still be driving the country’s economic engine through the means of consumption. With a...
by Mark Angelides | Jan 20, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
Democrat efforts to avoid the filibuster for matters related to voting rights came to an abrupt, although unsurprising, end late Wednesday. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) attempted to make a rule change on January 19 that would require only a simple...
by Caroline Adana | Jan 17, 2022 | Articles, Exclusive Member, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
President Joe Biden gave a fiery speech in Atlanta, Georgia, in an effort to scrap the filibuster, but it turned out to be a rather awkward brush with history and some in his own party felt that he went too far. Could it be because he attacked infamous Democrats? Mr....
by Mark Angelides | Jan 14, 2022 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
When President Joe Biden recently spoke to folks in Atlanta, Georgia, to let them know that his patience had run out with the filibuster, the Fourth Estate went into overdrive to explain why, despite his past support of the 60-vote threshold, now was the right moment...