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?
Category Archives: political parties
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]
“The Next Filibuster Face-Off: Obama’s Judicial Nominees”
Roll Call Confirms What I Suspected: DOJ Bail-In Move Makes Congress Much Less Likely to Fix VRA
Roll Call:
Republican members of the Lone Star State House delegation made their position clear to Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Thursday: Don’t mess with Texas.
They also had another message for the head of the Justice… Continue reading
“Why Cities Are So Poorly Governed”
Matt Yglesias:
Conservatives are eager to blame Detroit’s problems hazily on “Democrats,” and in most respects I think that’s wildly misleading. But I do think there’s an important sense in which they’re correct. American cities across the board suffer… Continue reading