Bill Clinton says it’s time for the Court to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act, notwithstanding the fact that he was the one who signed it into law.
After wining and dining a group of GOP senators whom he hopes to recruit for a budget a “grand bargain,” President Obama turned right around and invited Paul Ryan over to the White House for lunch.
GOP senators, sure. A lot of them have expressed a willingness to trade new taxes for entitlement cuts, including Lindsey Graham, who organized the affair. But where does Paul Ryan, the grand bargain’s very own Grim Reaper, fit into the picture? Read More
Rand Paul-style filibusters are rare enough occurrences in the Senate that many of the people watching his unfold yesterday were unaware they still happened at all.
But it’s even more uncommon for an effort like that to succeed. And yet, Paul’s did.
I want to address why. Read More
Rand Paul rode a wave of publicity following his 13-hour filibuster, but he also raised the ire of some of his fellow Republican senators and at least one Fox News host.
We put one of our reporters on a buswith a bunch of gun-rights guys going to Albany to call out Andrew Cuomo for being Hitler and taking away their guns. Here’s what happened.
John McCain is worried that Rand Paul’s 13-hour filibuster will embolden reformers who want to change the Senate rules.
As one of the guardians of the mess that is today’s Senate he’s right to be worried, but not for the reasons he thinks.
McCain believes — or appears to believe — that Paul reignited the filibuster reform movement because his scene on the Senate floor somehow embodies everything reformers hate about the Senate. This is precisely backwards. Read More
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Late this morning Sens. McCain and Graham went on the floor with what amounted to a pro-drone counter-stroke against Rand Paul’s filibuster last night. We’ll try to bring you some of the color about it shortly. Read More