“North Carolinians Fear the End of the Middle Way”
A-1 NYT. Also Aaron Blake: Swing-state GOP governors seek to wrangle aggressive GOP legislatures
Category Archives: political parties
“The Real Price of Congress’s Gridlock”
Robert Reich NYT oped:
Congress’s paralysis has also encouraged the Supreme Court to enter the political fray. Normally the judicial activism of recent years could be checked by Congressional action. But not now. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s opinion for… Continue reading
“How McConnell’s Woes Could Blow Up Washington”
Josh Marshall with the key takeaway point from the McConnell controversy and the primary season.
I’d only add that in the general election, McConnell could be blamed by voters in the middle for failing to avert a government shutdown (for… Continue reading
House Passes Bill (REINS Act) Requiring Every Significant Piece of Economic Regulation to Be Approved by Congress
Commentary here.
That’s a way to bring the rest of the government to a screeching halt, no?
Only in America
Texas defends itself against claims it discriminated against minority voters by claiming it discriminated against Democrats (p. 19):
DOJ’s accusations of racial discrimination are baseless. In 2011, both houses of the Texas Legislature were controlled by large Republican majorities, and… Continue reading
“Moderates Nearly Extinct in U.S. House”
“Congress: Divided, discourteous _ taking a break”
AP’s David Espo: “The accomplishments are few, the chaos plentiful in the 113th Congress, a discourteous model of divided government now beginning a five-week break.”
More:
Legislation linking interest rates on student loans to the marketplace passed, and, too,… Continue reading
“Judging the (un)productivity of the 113th Congress”
“Leahy Eyes ‘Nuclear Option’ Threat to Confirm Judges”
“Saboteurs in the Potato Salad”
Tim Egan:
Just now, a cell of several hundred people has been dispatched into the American summer, to picnics, town halls, radio stations, hospitals and Little League playing fields, with a mission to derail the economic recovery and drum up… Continue reading
“GOP Telegraphs Mass Filibuster Of Obama’s Top Judges”
“G.O.P. Rifts Lead Congress to Spending Impasse”
“When Congress Refuses to Govern”
Jonathan Capehart writes for WaPo’s PostPartisan, discussing, among other things, my empirical research, End of the Dialogue: Political Polarization, the Supreme Court and Congress.
Quote of the Day from Jonathan Bernstein
“It made for dramatic CSPAN-2 watching, at least until the long wait for the flight from North Dakota began.”
—Senate Deal Holds [on filibuster]