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I think it was a well reasoned tool for minority rights at one time, but its abuse over the past 25-30 yrs has effectively amended the constitution and turned the senate into a minority rule institution.
May 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I think it was a well reasoned tool for minority rights at one time, but its abuse over the past 25-30 yrs has effectively amended the constitution and turned the senate into a minority rule institution.
Wonder if such a provision could survive a Byrd rule challenge in the Senate?
May 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Wonder if such a provision could survive a Byrd rule challenge in the Senate?
The only way you can say no radar is not an existential crisis is if you've never sat at a scope full of airplanes and had the damn thing go black. Trust me, it's the most frighting thing that will ever happen to you in your life.
May 6, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The only way you can say no radar is not an existential crisis is if you've never sat at a scope full of airplanes and had the damn thing go black. Trust me, it's the most frighting thing that will ever happen to you in your life.
Isn't that the Hancock bldg at Water Tower?
April 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Isn't that the Hancock bldg at Water Tower?
I think you folks underestimate just how deranged Stephen Miller is.
April 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I think you folks underestimate just how deranged Stephen Miller is.
would filing under seal cause a delay in showing up?
April 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
would filing under seal cause a delay in showing up?
If Rs say they won't overrule a ruling, they must be confident then that Elizabeth is going to allow the shift in baseline?
April 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
If Rs say they won't overrule a ruling, they must be confident then that Elizabeth is going to allow the shift in baseline?
Isn't anyone in that district able to stand up and ask if she's ever read the 5th amdt? No one?
March 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Isn't anyone in that district able to stand up and ask if she's ever read the 5th amdt? No one?
Thank you very much.
March 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Thank you very much.
Former controller here. The FAA has struggled every year since 1981 that I know of, and I believe the problem actually went back to the late 60s.
March 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Former controller here. The FAA has struggled every year since 1981 that I know of, and I believe the problem actually went back to the late 60s.
21 years on the hill and my experience is that they're happy not to be read in if it gives them deniability.
March 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
21 years on the hill and my experience is that they're happy not to be read in if it gives them deniability.
an argument for term limits, perhaps?
March 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
an argument for term limits, perhaps?
I'm not a lawyer, so I'm wondering if these types of statements could, collectively, be used in a disbarment procedure after he leaves govt?
February 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I'm not a lawyer, so I'm wondering if these types of statements could, collectively, be used in a disbarment procedure after he leaves govt?
I follow you and am probably one of the ones who rarely agree with you, but at least your comments and arguments are respectful and honest. It's hard to find conservative/alternative points of view that aren't crazy or toxic.
February 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I follow you and am probably one of the ones who rarely agree with you, but at least your comments and arguments are respectful and honest. It's hard to find conservative/alternative points of view that aren't crazy or toxic.
In my opinion, Russ Vought, Brendan Carr, and Patel are individually and collectively more dangerous than either Kennedy or Gabbard (although I grant you Gabbard would be 4th on my list).
February 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
In my opinion, Russ Vought, Brendan Carr, and Patel are individually and collectively more dangerous than either Kennedy or Gabbard (although I grant you Gabbard would be 4th on my list).
Senators have been avoiding unpopular votes with a real vengeance over the past 20 or 25 years. Also been quite happy to cede their cmte power and decision-making authority to majority leaders who crave the centralization of power in their offices. I'm not sure how that ever come back.
February 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Senators have been avoiding unpopular votes with a real vengeance over the past 20 or 25 years. Also been quite happy to cede their cmte power and decision-making authority to majority leaders who crave the centralization of power in their offices. I'm not sure how that ever come back.
Senators have become very lazy over the last 20+ years and don't want to do the frequently boring job of oversight and applying strict direction through approps.
February 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Senators have become very lazy over the last 20+ years and don't want to do the frequently boring job of oversight and applying strict direction through approps.
Just security has one
February 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Just security has one
It would be helpful, particularly if you wrote it so us laymen could understand your points. Thank your for your contribution so far, too. I learn a lot from you ... and I'm not even paying tuition!
January 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
It would be helpful, particularly if you wrote it so us laymen could understand your points. Thank your for your contribution so far, too. I learn a lot from you ... and I'm not even paying tuition!
Sorry, I can't remember off the top of my head. I'd have to look at the bill tracker.
December 20, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Sorry, I can't remember off the top of my head. I'd have to look at the bill tracker.
I was a Sen approps back in the 2000s and we produced S bills every year under byrd-stevens.
December 20, 2024 at 3:22 PM
I was a Sen approps back in the 2000s and we produced S bills every year under byrd-stevens.
Agree that Johnson will use time as his excuse, but he won't have 218 votes for a single bill. Maybe he should have a chat with Hal Rogers.
December 4, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Agree that Johnson will use time as his excuse, but he won't have 218 votes for a single bill. Maybe he should have a chat with Hal Rogers.