Search results
What is a filibuster and how does it work?
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina famously staged one for 24 hours and 18 minutes — still the record — against civil rights legislation in 1957.
A Madisonian Proposal for Filibuster Reform
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe Senate side of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., September 28, 2023. (Astrid Riecken/Washington Post/Getty Images) During the Philadelphia Convention...
The filibuster: A time-honored tradition of nonsense
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe filibuster is a delaying tactic meant to kill a bill by talking it to death, popular with minority members who haven’t the votes to stop legislation.
Katie Porter’s Closing Argument: Climate Change
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 3 months agoKatie Porter — the California representative famous for skewering corporate CEOs in congressional hearings — is sick of the “glacial” pace of the U.S....
A Brief History of a Bullheaded President
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 8 months agoPresident Joe Biden pauses after speaking in the Roosevelt Room of the White House October 4, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Brendan...
Just what has Biden accomplished, anyway?
The Week via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJoe Biden. Illustrated | Gettyimages "Politics," it's often been said, "is the art of the possible." It is, to crib another famous phrase, a constant...
How Nancy Pelosi Shaped History
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. Click here to subscribe. Nancy Pelosi’s career as Democratic House leader is full of...
What's left to say about Martin Luther King Jr.? Plenty
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWe’ve been doing MLK Day for a while now, even in Arizona, which will forever be infamous as the...
A 2024 Trump-Biden Rematch Isn’t Boring. It’s Something Entirely New.
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 9 months agoDonald Trump, 77, and Joe Biden, 80, look like they are headed for a rematch in 2024. At this point...
Victories differ from problem solving
Nebraska Examiner via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAs the Nebraska Legislature put another session in the books last week, my thoughts went to U.S. Sen. George Norris of Nebraska, the fiercely independent progressive Republican and progenitor ...
