Jonathan Strong, writing at National Review Online, explains that the Republicans are wary of doing anything that might distract people from their campaign against the Affordable Care Act. Therefore, Mitch McConnell...
Read MoreWhile it’s true that there is a new breed of Democrat in the U.S. Senate, and that the senators who have been elected post-Iraq fiasco are infused with quite a lot more backbone than their predecessors, the reason that...
Read MoreIt is gratifying to see that CNN is giving due credit to David Waldman, who you may know better by his blogging nom de guerre Kagro X, for leading the charge to convince Democratic senators that the filibuster rule had to be...
Read MoreMy first piece for the Washington Monthly this weekend is a consolidation of some recent posts I’ve done here on the filibuster. You can join the conversation there or continue it here.
Read MoreI have written about George Joannides before, on November 20, 2006, October 24, 2007, and August 17, 2013. Obviously, the man interests me, since I keep returning to him. I am not going to reiterate everything here today, except...
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