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Love this account of a pissing match between Warren Buffett and Mitch McConnell. The Senator from Kentucky has been urging the Sage of Omaha to make voluntary contributions to the Treasury if he felt he was undertaxed. Buffett has now responded that he’ll match any such contributions made by Republican Senators. This dialogue makes in [...]
Archive for the ‘Democrats in Congress’ Category
November 17th, 2011
I just love this woman: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) mocked Rick Perry’s suggestion that she debate him about his idea for a part-time Congress. “He did ask if I could debate here in Washington on Monday — it is my understanding that such a letter has come in. Monday, I’m going to be [...]
October 12th, 2011
He certainly claims that he can. In the GOP President debate last night, Mitt Romney said that because the Affordable Care Act was enacted via budget reconciliation, which cannot be filibustered, it can be repealed that way. Now, in typical Romney fashion, this is out-and-out false, because of course the Affordable Care Act was not [...]
August 10th, 2011
Missouri’s economically-stressed African-American voters put Claire McCaskill over the top in a close 2006 race. She repays her most loyal constituents and her party by opposing UI extension.
August 2nd, 2011
Senator McConnell gloats over the new template - debt ceiling hostage crises forever, every time there’s a GOP majority in the House or 40 senators for a filibuster, until every Republican dream is fulfilled. (via Ezra Klein): This is just the first step. This, we anticipate, will take us into 2013. Whoever the new president [...]
June 24th, 2011
Category: 2011 Democratic Agenda, Commerce and its discontents, Corruption in Washington, Democrats in Congress
Senator Chuck Schumer says about the deficit negotiations that “there needs to be revenues in any deal.” Very true. What revenues might those be? Well, the Democrats are talking about a lot of loopholes for the very wealthy. Let me suggest one: treating the investment gains of hedge fund managers — mnay of whom make millions of [...]
May 27th, 2011
The Democrats did. And it doesn’t matter: they were right to do so. Here’s why. The GOP filibuster of Goodwin Liu (who has since withdrawn his candidacy) has led to all sort of recriminations. “You violated the “Gang of 14″ agreement!” “Oh yeah? You filibustered Miguel Estrada.” And on and on. Dahlia Lithwick suggests that [...]
