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5 Mar 2021, 9:02 am by Tia Sewell
Although Republicans are expected to continue their united opposition to the bill given its high price tag, GOP efforts to slow action in the chamber are not expected to ultimately change the final legislation. [read post]
5 Mar 2021, 7:30 am by Gene Takagi
Notable Events of the Week: “The Senate voted Thursday to open debate on President Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill, as Democrats moved forward with no GOP support after failing to win over a single Republican senator on the new president’s first major legislative initiative. [read post]
5 Mar 2021, 5:09 am by Patrick S. O'Donnell
The GOP is a party of imaginary and delusionary grievance, of crass and cartoonish schtick, of denial and desperation, of repugnance and regression, of illusion and irrationality, of empty gestures and vain cynicism, of authoritarianism and aspirational fascism, of obscene wealth and amoral power, of sycophants and cults, of self-deception and phantasy, of white supremacy and narcissistic privilege, a faux populism of bread and circuses that has failed to conceal, let alone contain, a… [read post]
5 Mar 2021, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Ethics Watchdog: ‘Substantial’ evidence GOP lawmaker improperly spent funds, misused position to help brother The Hill – Cristina Marcos | Published: 3/1/2021 The Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) concluded there is “substantial” evidence that U.S. [read post]
3 Mar 2021, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Reeves to Reveal Inauguration Funding Dies in Senate” by Luke Ramseth for Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Elections National: “Supreme Court Appears to Favor Upholding Voting Laws Lower Court Found Unfair to Minorities” by Robert Barnes (Washington Post) for Anchorage Daily News Ethics National: “Ethics Watchdog: ‘Substantial’ evidence GOP lawmaker improperly spent funds, misused position to help brother” by Cristina Marcos for The Hill… [read post]
2 Mar 2021, 6:02 pm by Tom Smith
“An earmark to help cover the cost of Big Tech’s subway construction costs has nothing to do with combatting COVID-19,” said Steve Kelly, spokesman for Sen. [read post]
2 Mar 2021, 6:27 am by Howard Bashman
” Tucker Higgins of CNBC reports that “Supreme Court to consider scope of voting rights protections for minorities as GOP pushes to tighten rules. [read post]
2 Mar 2021, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Campaign Finance Massachusetts: “Massachusetts Republican Nominated for Top Campaign Finance Job” by State House News Service for Boston Herald Oregon: “Oregon Voters Want to Limit Money in Politics, but Lawmakers Might Not Get There This Session” by Hillary Borrud (Portland Oregonian) for MSN Elections National: “‘It’s Donald Trump’s Party’: How the former president is building a political operation to cement his hold on the GOP”… [read post]
1 Mar 2021, 6:16 am by Howard Bashman
And Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court to hear major test of voting rights law; The Arizona case involves GOP efforts that Democrats charge would disenfranchise minority voters. [read post]
28 Feb 2021, 6:43 am
— about the speech Trump will give at CPAC today — quoted in "Trump to speak at CPAC in first major address since leaving office, as GOP searches for path forward/Trump highly popular at annual conservative gathering" (Fox News). [read post]
26 Feb 2021, 2:10 pm by Bryan P. Sears
ANNAPOLIS — Republicans in the Maryland Senate plan to oppose one component of a package of bills meant to reform law enforcement in the wake of a national and statewide racial reckoning. [read post]
26 Feb 2021, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
” State GOP Lawmakers Propose Flurry of Voting Restrictions to Placate Trump Supporters, Spurring Fears of a Backlash MSN – Amy Gardner (Washington Post) | Published: 2/19/2021 Republican state lawmakers across the country have proposed a flurry of voting restrictions they say are [read post]
25 Feb 2021, 12:55 pm by Associated Press
Republicans are closing ranks against Democrats’ proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, even as the White House seemed to rule out a procedural Senate power play to protect one provision most treasured by progressives: a minimum wage hike. [read post]
24 Feb 2021, 4:33 am
I'll just quote the last 2 sentences, which are good old-fashioned civility bullshit:[G]iven the general climate on social media, Republicans would do well to worry what might happen to a GOP president’s nominees in the future. [read post]
23 Feb 2021, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Campaign Finance North Carolina: “NC Lieutenant Governor Staff Calls Campaign Finance Report Errors ‘Clerical’” by Danielle Battaglia (Raleigh News and Observer) for MSN Texas: “Texas Governor’s Biggest Donors: Energy industry that failed” by Paul Weber and Nomaan Merchant for Associated Press News Elections National: “State GOP Lawmakers Propose Flurry of Voting Restrictions to Placate Trump Supporters, Spurring Fears of a Backlash” by… [read post]
22 Feb 2021, 10:50 pm by Josh Blackman
This case was brought by Kelli Ward, the chair of the Arizona GOP. [read post]
22 Feb 2021, 7:22 pm by Howard Bashman
“Republicans’ New Strategy Is to Pretend Trump Never Happened; At Merrick Garland’s confirmation hearing, GOP senators remembered to be very upset about the Obama years”: Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate. [read post]