Senate Republican leaders hoped December would deliver a clean exit into Christmas. They planned to move a set of five spending bills through the chamber and call it responsible governance. They produced the opposite. The minibus they advertised turned out to be a megabus packed with pork, favors, and quiet policy surprises. Conservatives blocked it because the bill exposed every bad habit the Senate refuses to break.
What a difference a Trump makes. Hours after Chuck Schumer signaled to his caucus that a government shutdown was coming, as Deanna wrote, Schumer is now signaling…
Oh, dear Lord, not this crazy again. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has filed a motion to vacate the Speaker of the House over Mike Johnson’s push for…
I almost never touch the third rail of the “abortion issue.” By and large, I have been a pure libertarian in this regard. As long as your…
Chicago’s mini-mayor is stomping mad, and making demands of Senate Majority leader McConnell to show me the money! The ire of the Mayor’s mini meltdown is misplaced.
On Monday night a Senate bill designed to strip Planned Parenthood of $500 million dollars in federal funding failed; this despite the fact that four — and…






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