Clever minds have been at work in the U.S. Senate to find a way to circumvent the filibuster — that pesky rule that requires a three-fifths super-majority to end debate and bring a matter to […]
The word “filibuster” reminds many of the late Jimmy Stewart’s legendary performance in the 1939 Frank Capra classic, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.” Capra’s movie was fiction, but Stewart’s climactic filibuster was inspired by a […]
Now that Democrats have unified control of our federal government in Washington for the first time in a decade, some on the left would like to eliminate the legislative filibuster to let loose a flurry […]
Why is undivided government so uncommon? Why doesn’t it last very long? If the final election returns, when they finally come in, match the current polls, Joe Biden’s Democrats will win a trifecta — the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing last week, Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) questioned public health officials on the federal government’s continued efforts to respond to COVID-19. During […]
RALEIGH – The North Carolina House and Senate passed the COVID-19 relief bill on a sunny Saturday at the legislative building. Negotiators agreed on a package that spends approximately $1.5 billion in the areas of […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed direct payments of $1,200 per person and $2,400 for couples as part of a sweeping Republican response to the coronavirus outbreak, according to a copy of […]
Nancy Pelosi has a plan to lower drug prices. The Speaker of the House just released a new bill that would impose a slew of new taxes and allow the government to meddle with private […]
RALEIGH — The Mecklenburg County GOP Executive Committee, on Thursday, voted to fill the state Senate seat vacated by now-Congressman Dan Bishop with former state House Representative Rob Bryan. “Congratulations to Rob Bryan,” stated North […]
Winston Churchill once recalled that, as a young boy, his parents took him to Barnum’s Circus where the sideshow headlined “The World-Famous Boneless Wonder.” The wonder was a giant slab of a man with no […]
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