Month: October 2013

I think we will all have to bone up on how a Conference Committee works, particularly one that is working on budgetary matters. In short, a Conference Committee, when it can come to an agreement, creates a report: The conference...

When Bob Menendez won reelection to the U.S. Senate in 2012, over three million people participated. Last night, Cory Booker won a seat in the Senate in an election in which only 1.2 million people participated. The drop-off in...

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie did his best to suppress Democratic turnout by scheduling the U.S. Senate special election on a fricking Wednesday, and it seems to have worked fairly well. But Cory Booker will still be...

Maybe the only interesting thing left to look for tonight is the actual roll calls of the votes in the House and Senate. Reportedly, Boehner and his leadership team encouraged the rank-and-file to support the bill so that he...

Jonah Goldberg channels Rodney King: The ugliness of the GOP schism will probably have a long half life, as various parties feel the need to point fingers and shout “I didn’t do it!” But if at all possible, I think conservatives...