Author: BooMan

Can you smell the unity: House Speaker John Boehner, whose strategies have been repeatedly thwarted by Tea Party revolts in recent years, was blunt today when asked whether he thought the ultra-conservatives should get in line....

Nebraska Senators Mike Johanns and Deb Fischer just used up all the Republicans’ debating time on the nomination of Elizabeth Wolford to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. They were...

In answer to Steve M., there is no need to be so pessimistic about how the press would cover a second government shutdown. Here is how it would work. The president, Harry Reid and Patty Murray would praise the budget deal and...

The GOP leadership needs to get on the same page. This morning, Speaker Boehner was indignant about outside conservative groups opposing his budget plan: House Speaker John A. Boehner delivered an uncharacteristically forceful...