Month: December 2012

Sen. Tom Udall of New Mexico says that he has whipped up 51 votes to change the filibuster rules at the beginning of the next Congress. That’s interesting because the numbers must be pretty tight. Democratic Sens. Chuck...

. Syrian rebels sidetracked by scramble for spoils of war ALEPPO, Syria (The Guardian) Dec. 27, 2012 – It wasn’t the Bashar al-Assad’s government that killed the Syrian rebel commander Abu Jameel. It was the...

Anyone else feel like Sen. Max Baucus has way too much power?

The Senate just passed the FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act of 2012 with 23 (mostly Democratic) senators opposed. Before passage of the overall bill, the Senate held votes on three amendments. An amendment offered by Ron...

As Politico correctly points out, there is a logic behind the Republicans’ intransigent behavior. What’s missing from their analysis, however, is any mention of the fact that the Republicans’ created this logic...