In what was seen to be the best hope for gun control advocates, a bipartisan background checks amendment has now been killed. The amendment, created by Republican Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Democratic Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), failed to get pass a Republican-led filibuster. The cloture vote passed in 54-46, […]
The two Democratic candidates for the Massachusetts Senate special election have both suspended their campaigns. Rep. Ed Markey announced he would be suspending his campaign, then four minutes later, Stephen Lynch announced he would do so, too. So far, none of the Republican candidates have publicly said they are suspending […]
Yesterday, the bipartisan group, No Labels, sent out an email to its supporters trying to recruit a new member of Congress. They wanted their members to convince Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO) to join their bipartisan caucus. No Labels group of members, called “Problem Solvers, work and meet with each other […]
In a 68-31 vote, the Senate succeeded in a cloture vote that ended an anti-gun control filibuster. Several Republicans voted for cloture, including Sens. McCain, Flake, Kirk, and Toomey. Senator Pat Toomey was part of the compromise on background checks, he had worked with Democratic Senator Joe Manchin. Two Democrats, […]
President Obama attempted to compromise on his budget by offering chained CPI. Chained CPI would recalculate the way Social Security is done and, in most cases, lower Social Security payments. Chained CPI has been championed by Republicans in their budget negotiations, but that might end soon. Grover Norquist, who is […]
