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Archive for the ‘Democrats in Congress’ Category
April 9th, 2013
Category: Law Notes, The Dysfunctional Senate
President Obama’s announcement today making three nominations to the National Labor Relations Board should remind us that the GOP is the party of permanent constitutional crisis. It has been quite clear from the beginning of the Obama Administration that the Republicans simply have no interest in allowing the NLRB to function. That shouldn’t be much [...]
January 4th, 2013
Category: The Dysfunctional Senate
The continually growing presence of women in Congress — now for the first time breaking into triple digits — is getting deserved attention. Another historic first of the 113th Congress: Senator Barbara Mikulski has become the first woman to Chair the Senate Appropriations Committee. How she got the job however reflects the unfortunate dysfunction of [...]
December 3rd, 2012
Category: Democrats in Congress, The Dysfunctional Senate
Just sent: The Hon. Diane Feinstein 331 Hart Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20510 December 3, 2012 Dear Sen. Feinstein: As a Democrat who has had the pleasure of voting for you three times so far, I was very troubled to read that you were wavering on the question of filibuster reform. I hope that [...]
September 10th, 2012
Category: Campaign 2012, Democrats in Congress
Not my phrase — it’s the phrase of Time Magazine political reporter and Republican fanboy Mark Halperin, and it describes the pall hanging over the Republican campaign. The Obama convention bounce continues, with the President now getting a six-point margin in the latest CNN poll — the first non-tracker since Charlotte. There are, unfortunately, two [...]
February 16th, 2012
Category: 2011 Democratic Agenda, Campaign 2012, Corruption in Washington, Democratic Party, Democrats in Congress, Elections 2010 and 2012, Feminism, Humor, NonProfits, Permanent campaign, Rhetoric and Framing, Women
Nancy Pelosi’s “attack” on Stephen Colbert and his Super PAC is the cleverest marketing the Democrats have done since the 1964 daisy ad linking the Republican Presidential nominee with nuclear war. Yes, it’s been a long dry spell; but let’s be grateful for this particular bit of rain. If nothing else it disproves the canard [...]
November 17th, 2011
I just love this woman: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) mocked Rick Perry’s suggestion that she debate him about his idea for a part-time Congress. “He did ask if I could debate here in Washington on Monday — it is my understanding that such a letter has come in. Monday, I’m going to be [...]