Month: September 2009

Gender Parity in the Senate

While it might not be great from a partisan point of view, there is a good chance that the Senate will have more female representation in 2011 than it has now. In New Hampshire, the leading GOP contender is former Secretary of...

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Learning Lessons from Procedural Votes

The Senate is currently debating the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2010, which should be self-explanatory. Yesterday, Cheatin’ John Ensign introduced an amendment...

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U.S. Abandons Eastern Europe Missile Shield

The Obama administration has informed the governments of Poland and the Czech Republic that we will not be pursuing Bush’s stupid plan to deploy anti-long range missile defenses in their countries. It turns out (surprise,...

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