Archive for the ‘Senate’ Category
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It Takes 67 to Tango
Posted on October 7, 2019
It takes 67 Senate votes to remove a President from office. Under Article One, Section 3, Clauses 6 and 7: The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all...
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Congress & Level Setting for the Fall
Posted on August 30, 2017
Kids are back to school. College football is starting up. The NFL pre-season has concluded. MLB is starting to focus on the post-season. And soon, Congress will be back in...
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The Feehery Theory Podcast Ep. 9: Bipartisanship is Dead. Long Live Bipartisanship! | Feehery, Belmar, Brown & Special Guest Ram Uppuluri
Posted on July 14, 2017
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Contempt for the Rules of the Senate Leads to Contempt of the Senate
Posted on February 8, 2017
A radical Republican, Charles Sumner was a fierce and outspoken critic of what Kenneth Stampp called the peculiar institution, better known to us as slavery. In 1856, he delivered a...
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Why the GOP Will Keep the Senate
Posted on September 19, 2016
(This originally appeared in The Hill) Nobody thought that Republicans were going to keep the Senate earlier this year. They had too many seats to defend in tough states. They had...
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