Nov 27, 2012 – , he is using the threat to secure incremental changes, like an abolition of the filibuster of the motion to proceed, a limit on post-cloture … And, if there’s one thing that 40 years in Washington have taught me, it’s that, no matter what you think the “demographics” portend…

Dec 24, 2012 – In that spirit, I pulled up this old post written Christmas Day 2008. I was going t make edits. … Conclusions There are groups starting to stand up in Washington and pay attention. … With few exceptions, they all live outside Washington, D.C.…

Dec 22, 2012 – Haaretz reported something similar happening in 2009; the Washington Post, of course, had a column on the subject a couple of days…

Dec 19, 2012 – Secretary of Energy Steven Chu may be leaving the post during the next term of the Obama administration. … Byron Dorgan; Susan Tierney, a former assistant energy secretary; and Steve Westley, a California businessman, according to The Washington … Post.…

Dec 19, 2012 – Since that initial offer, the Obama administration mostly played coy, only recently moving off their post-election positions. … It also means Washington kicks the can again.…

Dec 19, 2012 – The mandatory State Department internal inquiry into the deadly Sept. 11 terror attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya … The failures, at State’s Diplomatic Security and Near Eastern Affairs Bureaus in Washington, left the diplomatic post with security…

Dec 17, 2012 – The Washington Post — no opponent of a disarmed citizenry — agrees with this characterization. … Connecticut “has among the most stringent gun control laws on the books,” the Post notes, citing three disparate groups of experts,…

Dec 17, 2012 – to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median salary for a federal government employee (including the Post … Washington politicians can tax the 1% all they want.…

Jan 3, 2013 – According to a Washington Post article, however, the adoption ban is only the latest example of Putin’s anti-American power grab.…

Jan 2, 2013 – The Washington Post is almost believably shocked to discover that the practice of rendition has returned to Clinton-era levels: … — two of them Swedes, the other a longtime resident of Britain — of supporting al-Shabab, an Islamist militia in Somalia that Washington…

Dec 26, 2012 – First of all, it is simply not the case that a ban on all guns is politically possible in the United States; even a Washington Post…

Jan 10, 2011 – For those who have spent the last year campaigning for candidates who would change things in Washington, these efforts to reverse those … -Smith-goes-to-Washington” talk-a-thon filibuster. … The real game here is to slash the 30 hours of post-cloture debate if the next speaker does not stand up immediately.…

Jan 8, 2011 – With the Washington liberal blogs leading the story, it’s more likely that there’s some talent at one of these Democratic campaign … Washington politicos tend to stick to something even when it’s beyond salvage. … Republicans can win this, but moving the goal post this early will result in failure. ——– Ali A.…

Jan 7, 2011 – To be published by McSweeney’s, the opening is described by the Washington Post as follows: It opens with Rumsfeld reading in a library…

Jan 7, 2011 – People of Texas, I put this post as the first post of the day at RedState and at the top of my Morning Briefing because I cannot emphasize … Ken Paxton, you will primary his sorry butt out of office.With redistricting, the fight over Obamacare, and the fight between Washington…

Jan 7, 2011 – People of Texas, I put this post as the first post of the day at RedState and at the top of my Morning Briefing because I cannot emphasize … Lance’s abortion position, consider this . . .Please click here for the rest of the post. 3. … Americans deserve better.”Please click here for the rest of the post. 4.…

Jan 20, 2011 – Please click here for the rest of the post. 4. … In yesterday’s Washington Post, Bass—the former head of the Republican Main Street Partnership, which is made up of typically economically … Please click here for the rest of the post.…

Jan 19, 2011 – In yesterday’s Washington Post, Bass—the former head of the Republican Main Street Partnership, which is made up of typically economically…

Jan 19, 2011 – Please click here for the rest of the post. 2. … of his colleagues are pushing a modified Balanced Budget Amendment and they want our help.Please click here for the rest of the post … Obama’s disquieting provocations.Please click here for the rest of the post.…

Jan 18, 2011 – This is a follow-up to Erick’s earlier post. … With unemployment in Washington, DC at 10.2%, it is hard to imagine anyone not wanting to see jobs added. … group of of so-called “activists” has launched an anti-WalMart site called WalMart-Free DC in an attempt to keep WalMart out of Washington…

Jan 18, 2011 – Jennifer Rubin writes for the Washington Post: The Republican Senate leadership does not expect any Senate Democrats to flip sides…

Jan 18, 2011 – Editorial Note: Originally this post only mentioned the SEIU, but I have fixed it to clarify that the SEIU is one of several unions … The SEIU itself is perfectly willing to incite violence to serve its purposes.Walmart is building a store in Washington, D.C.…

Jan 17, 2011 – Please click here for the rest of the post. 3. … -Smith-goes-to-Washington-filibuster?” … Please click here for the rest of the post.…

Jan 16, 2011 – -Smith-goes-to-Washington-filibuster?” … -Smith-goes-to-Washington” filibuster anytime he wants by (1) keeping the Senate in all night, (2) keeping Democrats on the floor, … Third, if post-cloture time for debate is shrunk to two hours, this may mean that total debate time will be two hours.…

Jan 13, 2011 – Dionne writes an op-ed in today’s Washington Post titled Violent Talk Blocks Sane Gun Laws. … And at a Washington rally last year on the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, Rep.…