GOP Repeats Balanced Budget Amendment Farce
Historical events, it is said, occur twice: first as tragedy, then as farce. Sometimes, though, as with the latest Republican call for a balanced
GOP Sets Record For Blocking Judicial Nominees - And Everything Else
As Senate Republicans added blocking aid to small business to their record-setting obstructionism, Democrats this week failed to secure the needed
Ben Nelson (D-NE) Will Oppose Kagan Nomination
I would very much like to school Ben Nelson on what his responsibility is with regard to Supreme Court nominations. Whether he likes it or not, El
UPDATED: Dance Of The Tax Cut Fairies Redux, Starring Kent Conrad And Joe Lieberman
Attention-whore Joe Lieberman is at it again, along with his sidekick, BlueDog Kent Conrad. At issue this time: Extending the Bush tax cuts to the
Eleven Dems, Joe Lieberman Join Republicans In Voting Down Aid To Avoid Teacher Layoffs
I don't think the situation could get much more dire, and yet the Senate millionaires prefer to act as if this brutal recession is no big deal. I just
Senate Approves Emergency Jobless Benefits
Good news for those of you left hanging by a thread by the fight over unemployment extensions -- they finally passed them yesterday, thanks to a new S
GOP Leaders Remind Voters The Economy Does Better Under Democrats
On Meet the Press Sunday, born-again deficit virgins John Cornyn and Pete Sessions could not explain any steps they would take to stem the flow of
The Party Of Nothing
During an episode titled "The Pitch," George Costanza famously described Seinfeld as "a show about nothing." And so it is now with the Republican
Sharron Angle Latest Republican To Claim God Is On Her Side
The first Republican Abraham Lincoln famously proclaimed, "My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's sid
Birtherism Just The Latest Fetish For David Vitter
Louisiana Republican Senator David Vitter has a new fetish. Three years after Americans learned of Vitter's predilection for prostitutes and diap
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