Posts Tagged ‘Senate Majority Leader’
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Making the Senate Work: What Mitch Learned From Harry
Posted on December 1, 2014
(This originally appeared in The Hill.) Mitch McConnell has learned several things from Harry Reid about how not to run the Senate. Much to the surprise of his colleagues, he is...
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Dilatory Motions
Posted on October 7, 2011
The Senate majority leader moved last night to cut off republican amendments to a Chinese currency bill, calling the amendments dilatory. In doing so, he changed Senate rules and caused...
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Credibility vs. Crassness
Posted on August 10, 2011
John Boehner and Mitch McConnell put some real thought into their picks for the Joint Super Committee that will decide the fate of so many spending programs and perhaps the...
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The Tea Party Takes It on the Chin
Posted on August 2, 2011
John Boehner won a complete and total victory in the House with an overwhelming vote to extend the debt limit. His victory was so complete, many of his closest allies...
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The Limits of the Bully Pulpit
Posted on July 26, 2011
President Obama has not been shy lately in trying to use the power of the bully pulpit to get his way on Capitol Hill. It is not clear that his...
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