Politics MMSR: Sequester Wars or Sequester Trek?
As always, let’s pull a CNN and get to the trivial stuff before we get into real news and politics. The Internet was abuzz last week when President Obama suggested he couldn’t use a “jedi mind meld” to make Republicans “do what’s right” concerning the sequester cuts. Of course that set the Internet talking more [...]
The McConnell-Biden compromise passes the House
Late last night the House approved the McConnell-Biden compromise to avert the ‘fiscal cliff.’ The final numbers? The bill passed in the Senate 89-8 and then in the House 257-157 257-167. Most opposition came from GOP Congressmen who were upset the bill didn’t have any spending cuts. Noted conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer even went so [...]
Monday morning speed read: Politics
Cliff, cliff, cliff, cliff-cliff. Nothing but cliff-talk dominating the world of politics these days. Allow me to give you the “cliff’s notes” version of this weekend’s events. (Ha-ha-ha, I slay me!) When John Boehner’s “Plan B” failed a week ago last Friday, he basically abdicated the lead to the Senate to come up with something. [...]