Author: BooMan

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has scheduled a big vote-a-rama today that will culminate with a roll call on a budget resolution. It’s not entirely clear that the vote will succeed, but it’s beginning to look...

With an assist from Charles Pierce, I came across an article in Vanity Fair that details allegations made in court filings against Robert Mercer by a former business associate named David Magerman. I am not surprised by...

I want to poke at Steve M.’s argument a little bit. He’s looking to refute the idea that congressional Republicans will have no use for President Trump in the aftermath of a successful effort to cut taxes. It’s...

Ed Gillespie and the Republican Party in Virginia are so bent on using racism as a political weapon that they’re campaigning against sanctuary cities even though Virginia doesn’t have any sanctuary cities. And...

The Senate Republicans have a big decision to make this week. Are they going to approve a budget? Despite the slimmest of margins, made narrower by the absence of an ailing Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), Senate Republicans will...