The Senate voted Monday to reopen the government, ending a three-day standoff that left federal agencies shuttered and hundreds of thousands of workers furloughed. Democrats agreed to advance a stopgap spending measure lasting until Feb. 8 after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) promised to allow an immigration bill to reach the floor next month. […]
That Was Quick: Senate Votes to End Shutdown…
Paul Ryan: Senate Democrats Are ‘the only thing standing in the way’ of Averting Government Shutdown…
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., issued a stern warning to Senate Democrats who might vote against a stopgap spending measure. Less than an hour after the House passed the bill, Ryan said Senate Democrats are the “only thing standing in the way” of government funding and other resources and programs. “The only thing […]
Economists Agree: Trump, Not Obama, Gets Credit for Economy…
Who deserves credit for the booming economy? This is not a petty argument. How voters answer the question could well determine whether Democrats retake the House of Representatives come November. Trump and Obama (and their admirers) are slugging it out, both claiming that it is their policies that have led to the ongoing economic expansion, […]
Says Report About Retiring Is ‘Not Accurate’…
Two Top Senators Didn’t Know There Are 1,000 American Troops in Niger…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham both said Sunday in appearances on “Meet The Press” that they didn’t know there are 1,000 troops in Niger. News broke recently of four American special operators dying in an ambush in the African nation. Details of their mission are scant, and the […]
Trump’s Bonfire of Washington Politics by Alastair Crooke…
President Trump shocked the political world and his own “base” when he struck a budget deal with Democrats to get emergency funding for Hurricane Harvey victims, reports ex-British diplomat Alastair Crooke. Last week, President Trump threw a grenade into the U.S. political structure. Political fragments now lie…
McConnell Says Dems Are in for a Disappointment with Trump Debt Deal…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell hinted Monday that Democratic leadership will not be as thrilled with the emergency Hurricane funding, government spending and debt ceiling deal they struck with the president as they initially thought. “Since I was in charge of drafting the debt ceiling provision that we inserted into…
Schumer Still Can’t Grasp What’s Wrong With Democrats…
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer admitted on July 22 that the blame and responsibility for the Democratic Party losing to Republicans lies with the party itself—not with the various scapegoats it has cited since Hillary Clinton’s loss. While his rhetoric is refreshing to hear from a Democratic leader, his diagnosis misses the point. “When you […]
The Democrats’ Russia-gate Obsession by Norman Solomon…
Some leading Democrats in Congress are eager to turn the summit meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin away from avenues for improvements in U.S.-Russian relations, even if that means deflecting it toward World War III. On Wednesday, the New York Times reported that “the White House announced that the meeting with Mr. Putin would […]
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