by Jane Richey | Dec 12, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) are headed for a rare split on the budget deal. Boehner backs the agreement, while McConnell doesn’t. The two GOP leaders have worked closely together for years, and it is highly unusual...
by Jane Richey | Nov 21, 2013 | Politics
Senate Democrats succeeded Thursday in deploying the “nuclear option” to make the most fundamental change to floor operations in almost four decades, ending the minority’s ability to kill most presidential nominations by filibuster. The Senate voted, 52-48, to...
by Jane Richey | Jun 19, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
A growing number of Senate Democrats are signaling they are not prepared to raise taxes on anyone in the weak economy unless Congress approves a grand bargain to reduce the deficit. At least seven Democratic senators have declined to rule out supporting a temporary...
by Jane Richey | Jun 8, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Thursday that Congress should consider combining reforms to pension contributions with a proposed surface transportation bill that appears stalled in House-Senate negotiations. In a letter to House Speaker John Boehner...
by Jane Richey | Mar 30, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
In case you missed it, there was quite a performance in the U.S. Senate yesterday. Liberals put on an election-year show, with the personal encouragement of President Barack Obama, in which they attempted to impose higher taxes on the oil industry as punishment for...