by Bill Scher | May 6, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
Thursday election in Great Britain will be a fascinating case study on multiple levels. Can an incumbent party survive a record of austerity? How can a party recover from past failures on the economy? Can the left side of the ideological spectrum come to agreement on...
by Bill Scher | May 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
Fast Track Heading To Senate Floor Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sets up fast track vote. WSJ: "The Senate leader said Tuesday that he planned to bring the trade measure up for a vote after the chamber finishes work on a bill to give Congress final review...
by Bill Scher | May 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
Reid Moves To Filibuster Fast Track Sen. Harry Reid pledges to delay consideration of fast track. HuffPost: "Reid said he has spoken with his leadership team and is confident Democratic senators will stick together ... 'We're not going to lay over ... until we have...
by Bill Scher | May 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Students Demand Debt Relief "Sen. Warren Receives 240,000 Cancel All Student Debt Signatures" reports OurFuture.org's Roger Hickey: 240,000 signatures urging Washington to CANCEL ALL STUDENT DEBT were delivered last week to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a champion for...
by Bill Scher | May 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
Bernie Transforms Dem Primary Iowans welcome Bernie Sanders to the race. Des Moines Register: "Sanders, a no-frills man of the people, will be welcome in the presidential race becaucharse he's so sincere about his ideas for making working-class Americans' lives...
