Author: BooMan

Trump Makes a Well-Disguised Pivot

Yes, I predicted this. President Trump confounded leaders from his own party on Wednesday by siding with Democrats on plans to fund the government and raise the debt ceiling, upending negotiations on a variety of crucial policy...

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Will Congress Make Trump Eat His Words?

Have you ever wondered what a joint resolution is and how it differs from an ordinary bill? Probably not, but I’ll explain it to you anyway. If it’s introduced in the Senate, it looks like this: joint resolution: A...

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GOP Leaders Agree to Give Finger to Far Right

On August 31st, I argued that pairing disaster relief with the debt ceiling was a no-brainer for the Republican leadership and that it could offer them a way out of the complete crack-up this September that I’ve been...

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The Right Has to Be Sidelined

I encourage you to peruse the Heritage Foundation’s September action plan to see how unreasonable and unrealistic their demands are for how they expect Republican leaders to behave and Republican officeholders to vote....

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