Author: BooMan

Clubby Senate

Evan Bayh recalls a milder time in the Senate: While romanticizing the Senate of yore would be a mistake, it was certainly better in my father’s time. My father, Birch Bayh, represented Indiana in the Senate from 1963 to 1981. A...

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The Great Set-Up

Mitch McConnell asks a question about the health care summit. “If they’re going to lay out the plan they want to pass four days in advance, then what are we doing there on Thursday?” McConnell asked. McConnell...

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Reid Moving a Reconciliation Bill

Harry Reid has announced, in strong and confident terms, his intention to pass a health care bill in the next 60 days, and to do it (most likely) through the use of the budget reconciliation process. This was always how I...

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You Published That?

Unbelievable. Self-appointed cocktail party-hostess expert Sally Quinn managed to schedule her son’s wedding in DC on the same day as her husband’s granddaughter’s wedding in California. Then she used the...

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