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Bring Back the Talking Filibuster Mar. 20, 2021
President Joe Biden wants to make the filibuster great again. Facing the prospect of legislative lo... Read More
Democrats Would Be Shortsighted To Nuke the Senate Filibuster Mar. 19, 2021
"You'll regret this, and you may regret this a lot sooner than you think," then-Senate Minority Lead... Read More
The Hypocrisy of the Filibuster Busters Mar. 19, 2021
The effort to undo the Senate's legislative filibuster is an un-American, Constitution-eroding, radi... Read More
It's Time To Talk About Eliminating the Senate Filibuster Entirely Mar. 08, 2021
America is witnessing, yet again, the funhouse-mirror effects that the filibuster exerts over the U.... Read More
Court Packing Is No Hypothetical Oct. 16, 2020
On Monday, Joe Biden finally broke his monthslong silence on court packing. Previously, he refused t... Read More
Democrats Threaten to Burn Down the Republic to Stack the Supreme Court Sep. 23, 2020
Last week, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died at the age of 87. Her death immediately in... Read More
Biden Could Win Big and Bring our Country Together; the Scary Part Is He's Chosen Not To Do It Sep. 18, 2020
It's now pretty clear that Joe Biden has a lead, but President Donald Trump has been closing nationa... Read More
Statehood for Territories May Boomerang on Democrats Sep. 18, 2020
What happens if, as seems much more likely now than it did a year or six months ago, Democrats overt... Read More
Barack Obama's Filibuster Hypocrisy Aug. 07, 2020
In April of 2005, Senator Barack Obama took to the floor of the United States Senate and passionatel... Read More
As the Filibuster Goes, So Goes the GOP Aug. 04, 2020
"When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.... Read More
Democrats' Foul Tactics on Kavanaugh May Come Back to Bite Them Oct. 08, 2018
"I can't think of a more embarrassing scandal for the United States Senate since the McCarthy hearin... Read More
Has the Old Trump Magic Lost Its Spell? May. 04, 2017
There was a time when a phrase typed by the mighty fingers of Donald Trump would shock world leaders... Read More
The Senate Changes Its Ways for Gorsuch Apr. 07, 2017
On the gloomy gray morning the Senate changed its ways and character forever, John Glenn, the legend... Read More
End of Filibuster Not Good for Either Party Apr. 07, 2017
Back when I was a young staffer in the House of Representatives, we viewed the Senate with some disd... Read More
End the Fake Filibuster Feb. 08, 2017
Tuesday, Senate Democrats lost the battle to stop President Trump's pick for secretary of education.... Read More
Trump's 2nd-Week Follow-through Feb. 03, 2017
Donald Trump's second week as president has been full of surprises and Sturm und Drang. His Friday a... Read More
Did Democrats Learn Anything From Their Attack on the Filibuster? Dec. 09, 2016
I won't lie. After reading the CNN piece titled "Senate Dems, powerless to stop Trump nominees, regr... Read More
Unless Filibuster Ends, Supreme Court Won't Change Nov. 30, 2016
Changing the Supreme Court is at the core of the Republican Party agenda this year. With one seat va... Read More
Not Smart to Make the NSA Go Dark May. 19, 2015
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., isn't worried that, absent a Senate vote, key provisions of the Patriot Act a... Read More
Wendy Davis's Struggles Jan. 24, 2014
"I came from a place of struggle," insisted Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis after The Dall... Read More
