by Dave Johnson | Jul 31, 2012 | Blog, Economy, Financial Reform
If a filibuster happens in the forest and no one is told about it, did it really happen? The GOP is said to be ready to filibuster the bill extending jobless benefits today. Will this be reported as the national emergency that it is? Will this be reported as a...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 31, 2012 | Blog
“But.” Everything you read about the filibuster talks about how important the filibuster is, allowing a minority to retain some power over abuse by a majority… and then it says, “But.” For example, the Camden, N.J., Courier Post editorial today, "Alter filibuster...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 31, 2012 | Blog
Republicans filibustered an appeals court nominee today. This is, of course, not surprising. What is surprising is that news outlets are telling the public! Today Republicans in the Senate used the filibuster to obstruct the nomination of Robert Bacharach’s to the...
by Brian Dockstader | Jul 31, 2012 | Blog, Climate
The key comment was made by Shawn McCoy, a spokesman for Romney’s Iowa campaign, who, while explaining how Romney is anti-renewable energy, told The Des Moines Register that the candidate would "allow the wind credit to expire, end the stimulus boondoggles*, and...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 31, 2012 | Blog
With the elite conventional political wisdom so congealed around the idea that the federal government is broke, that our top priority must be to "cut the spending" without discussing the merits of the government spending we are told we must be eager to cut, and that...
