What the Democrats won
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
It’s become an article of faith among some liberals that Democrats … oh, sorry, just the Obama administration … are bad negotiators. Well, let’s see how they made out this time. Read more
**UPDATED: Republicans block teacher, first responder jobs bill with help from 2 Dems, Lieberman
Lieberman strikes again.
In the end, two Democrats and Joe Lieberman voted with Republicans to filibuster a bite sized version of President Obama’s jobs bill. Read more
Job killers: conservative Dems vote with GOP to kill Obama’s jobs bill in Senate
Ben Nelson does what Ben Nelson does...
In the end, it’s important to remember that Congress exists, and that not all Democrats are the kind of Democrat that shares progressive values and goals. Read more
Everyone’s mild about Harry: Reid’s plan to take center stage today
Is Harry Reid’s plan the way out of the debt ceiling impasse? Or is he preparing to give away the store? Read more
**UPDATED: Barack Obama and the myth of the progressive ‘majorities’
To progressives who complain about Barack Obama “squandering” the progressive majorities he supposedly had going for him when he was elected president, I refer you to the following chart (from Wikipedia):
Filed for future reference: the 40 Senators who voted for vouchercare **UPDATE: Krauthammer warns GOP
You’ll be seeing this list a lot, I suspect, as we head into 2012. Hell, you’ll probably see it in 2014, too. Read more
Remainders: RINO hunting, the right digs in, and the Senate vouchercare vote
If you want to get a peek inside the Republican psyche heading into 2012, you have to go to the source. Read more
Senate Republicans block bill to end oil company subsidies, Dems to tee up millionaire’s tax next
The men who rule America: (L-R) Exxon Mobil Corporation Senior Vice President Stephen Simon, Shell Oil Company President John Hofmeister, ConocoPhillips Executive Vice President John Lowe, Cheveron Vice Chairman Peter Robertson and BP America Chairman and President Robert Malone (L) (April 1, 2008 - Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America)
Senate Republicans, and three Democrats, filibuster a Democratic attempt to kill $21 billion in oil industry subsidies. Republicans will push today for a vote expanding drilling instead. Read more
The John Ensign report: this. is. not. good.
Getting out of the Senate didn’t help John Ensign stop the Senate ethics committee from reporting its findings, or from referring them to the Justice Department. Uh-oh… Read more
**UPDATED: Is John Boehner abandoning Paul Ryan just as Harry Reid preps a Senate vote on vouchercare?
He loves vouchercare ... he loves it not...
Just when the town halls are starting to get interesting, is John Boehner leaving Paul Ryan and his vouchercare plan hanging? Meanwhile, Harry Reid is preparing to hang the rubbery plank over the side of the Senate ship, for Republicans to walk on. Read more
TOP STORIES
Follow & Friend
Links
The Reid Report named Best National Blog in the 2010 Florida Netroots Awards! Thanks to all who voted, and congrats to all the nominees and winners! Full list of winners here
Finalist: Best Liberal Blog
WTF Has Barack Obama Done So Far?
