Category: Senate

So rather than allow any vote whatsoever on a resolution which could prove highly embarrassing to the President and his party, Harry Reid adjourned the Senate until Monday.

Who knew such a thing was possible? It's like getting "The 0ne" to talk for more than a minute without talking about his imperial self...

I was in search of some information on the website of Senator Tom A. Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) about Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Doug Elmendorf confirming that Obamacare will …

The threat of pitchforks was apparently too much: Democrats controlling the Senate have abandoned a 1,924-page catchall spending measure that's laced with homestate pet projects known as earmarks and …

The Democratic strategy for winning, or at least, minimizing losses during the 2010 mid-term election, consists of three things: 1) Blame Bush 2) Keep calling the Republican representatives in …

Today on Meet the Press, the Democrat candidate for Senate, Joe Sestak, admitted he was offered a job by the White House (via Politico): Sestak acknowledged in an interview …

The primary elections in Kentucky, Arkansas, Pennsylvania and Oregon will be fascinating to watch. A few thoughts on the races I find most interesting: Pennsylvania Democratic Senate Primary: Sestak …

Liberal blogger Greg Sargent has an interesting piece out today about Jonathan Alter's new book "The Promise". I haven't read the book but Sargent offers some interesting teasers from …

The world's largest entity in terms of gross revenue had a bad month in April. The IRS collected only $245 billion dollars in April 2010 compared with collections of …

Now that it's been disclosed that the SEC commissioner's vote to sue Goldman Sachs for fraud came down to a party line vote, the action takes on the appearance …