Posted on March 7, 2013. Tags: American Soil, Cloture, Colleague, Drones, Executive Branch, Filibuster, Intelligence Activities, John Brennan, Mitch Mcconnell, Nomination, Oversight, Procedural Motion, Roll Call, Senate Minority Leader, Senate Minority Leader Mitch, Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell, Senate Republican Leader, Senate Republicans, Senator Paul, Wednesday Evening
In an historic moment echoing the Senate’s great history of long, passionate speeches, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) held the floor for nearly 13 hours yesterday in a filibuster demanding answers from the Obama administration on its legal authority to use force against U.S. citizens overseas. Roll Call wrote last night, “Senate Minority Leader Mitch […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on March 14, 2012. Tags: Bipartisan Basis, Cloture, Democratic Counterparts, District Court Judges, Filibuster, Gridlock, Harry Reid, Judicial Nominations, Judicial Nominees, Last Thursday, Mitch Mcconnell, Nev, Obama, Overwhelming Passage, Senate Democrats, Senate Gop Leaders, Senate Majority Leader, Senate Majority Leader Harry, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Republican Leader
Today, Senate Democrats and President Obama showcased their misplaced priorities after they pushed for a long series of cloture votes on district court judges instead of moving forward on a bipartisan House-passed bill that would create jobs. The Hill writes today, “Senate GOP leaders attacked their Democratic counterparts on Tuesday for scheduling action on […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on January 4, 2011. Tags: Claire Mccaskill, Cloture, Dangerous Precedent, Democrat, Filibuster, Filibusters, New Mexico, New York Times, Obstacles, Power Grab, Proposal, Republican Leaders, Republicans, Senate Democrats, Senate Rules, senate-majority, Senators, Tactic, Tom Udall, Tyranny Of The Majority
The New York Times reports today, “A band of Senate Democrats signaled on Monday that it would press forward when Congress convenes this week with a proposal to curtail filibusters and other methods of slowing the chamber’s work . . . . Senator Tom Udall, Democrat of New Mexico, said that he intended to call […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on March 12, 2010. Tags: Bipartisan Support, Bribery, Card Monte Game, Cloture, Health Care Legislation, Health Care Reform, Health Reform Act, Jeopardy, Last Hope, Lawmakers, Legislative Protocol, Nancy Pelosi, Reconciliation Bill, Reform Legislation, Senate Bill, Senate Health, Senate Parliamentarian, Tactic, Three Card Monte, Www Youtube
Looks like a game changer, folks. The Democrat’s plan to cheat health care reform through the House is in jeopardy. Democrats efforts to beg the American people to go along with their legislation failed. Democrats efforts to borrow more money to pass the legislation have failed. Democrats efforts to steal money from Medicare to pay […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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