Author: BooMan

Boehner still doesn’t have the votes. They used up all the debating time. Nancy Pelosi closed the argument for the Dems with a lengthy speech. The Republicans had one minute remaining for Boehner (the Speaker and Minority...

We’ve reached the dog days of summer and it’s usually a pretty slow political time of year. Once they hammer out some kind of deal on the debt ceiling and go home for the August recess, we’ll be looking for...

Well, here’s a little hardball: U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan’s open defiance of Speaker John Boehner’s efforts to solve the debt-ceiling crisis could cost the Urbana Republican his safe seat in next year’s...

Speaker Boehner has scheduled a vote on his debt ceiling bill for 5:45 PM, well after the stock exchange closes for the day. If no Democrats vote for the bill, he can only afford to lose 23 members of his own caucus. There are...

There is just a deep, deep strain of crazy that’s developed within the Republican culture. The debate that’s going on among House Republicans right now is so disconnected from reality. They’re debating whether...