Harry Reid’s legacy is thus cemented. Democrats’ unprecedented filibuster of Judge Neil Gorsuch has been broken under the nuclear option they pioneered in 2013. Every single Republican voted to invoke the Reid Rule, including some who had expressed a strong hesitancy to do so; that’s how indefensible Democrats’ conduct has been. The Senate will now […]
Democrats Officially Vote to Filibuster Gorsuch; ‘Nuclear’ Vote Looms…
Democrats voted Thursday morning to filibuster Judge Neil Gorsuch, igniting a series of votes that will end later in the day with Republicans triggering the “nuclear option,” breaking the filibuster by changing the rules, and setting up a final vote Friday to confirm President Trump’s first Supreme Court nominee…
Watch the Senate Vote over Neil Gorsuch That’s Set to Go ‘Nuclear’…
McCaskill Opens Probe into Opioid Drugmakers, but Omits Nation’s Worst Offender from Her Home State…
U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., opened an investigation Tuesday into the role drug companies may have played in the nation’s opioid epidemic. She requested internal documents from five leading drugmakers on how they market opioid painkillers and if they knew anything about the dangers of the drugs. Yet, the top opioid prescription manufacturer, which is […]
Senate Republicans Just Sold You Out to Advertisers…
In a 50-to-48 vote along party lines, the U.S. Senate decided to kill FCC rules blocking your ISP from selling your browsing history to the advertising industry without permission. Should the change pass the House, as is expected, the likes of Comcast and Verizon will be able to make money disclosing what you buy, where […]
Mary Jo White Seriously Misled the U.S. Senate to Become SEC Chair…
Less than two weeks after Mary Jo White was nominated to become Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission by President Barack Obama on January 24, 2013, White filed an ethics disclosure letter advising that she would “retire” from her position representing Wall Street banks at the law firm Debevoise & Plimpton. White wrote on […]
Congress Moves to Cut Immigration to U.S. By Half…
Leading senators on Tuesday unveiled landmark immigration reform legislation that would limit the number of refugees permitted into the United States each year and eventually cut total immigration to America by 50 percent…Sens. David Perdue (R., Ga.) and Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) revealed the Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment Act…
Here’s the History Behind Senate Rule 19…
Senate Votes To Gag Elizabeth Warren After Anti-Sessions Outburst…
Not The Onion. Following a scathing speech against Trump’s nominee for Attorney General, Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell said Senator Elizabeth Warren had “impugned the motives and conduct of our colleague from Alabama,” violating the so-called ‘Rule 19’. By a vote of 49-43, Senator Warren was then barred from speaking on the floor until Senator […]
Tillerson Confirmed…Heads to State…
The Senate voted to confirm former Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson as President Donald Trump’s Secretary of State Wednesday afternoon, 56 to 43. The confirmation came after long and contentious hearings, with Senators questioning him about Big Oil, ties to Russia, and Iran. Tillerson also compared the Iraq War to the disastrous Libya invasion, saying on […]
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