Listing to Portman

The Grand Bargain marches ever onward. Lindsey Boerma of CBS News reports: Republicans would be willing to tender more revenue Continue reading →

The quality of Merkley

Same shit, different flies. That Democrats welcome from Obama what they recoiled from under Bush has become so commonplace that Continue reading →

A Mike Lee story

Kiss goodbye to another bit of the Bill of Rights. After thirteen hours of delay, the shredding of the US Continue reading →

Calling Collins

Start shopping for cat food — the austerity crowd in Washington DC is gathering to cut the benefits you’ve already Continue reading →

What about Bob Menendez?

If Israel pulls the trigger, will the US supply the bullets? As bipartisan support in Washington ramps up for war Continue reading →

Jim Inhofe

The axe is about to fall in Washington DC, and as tomorrow’s budget sequester rapidly approaches, many Senators are looking Continue reading →

It’s news: Toomey

Can you whittle with a hatchet? Billions of dollars of indiscriminate federal budget cuts are scheduled to take effect Friday, Continue reading →

Boxer briefing

Will Mother Earth become Martyr Earth? On Valentine’s Day, to avert that prospect, Senators Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Bernie Sanders Continue reading →

Money to Coburn

The budgetary axe falls on the first of March, and the headsmen sound regretful. Writes David Kerley of ABC News’s Continue reading →

OpenMikulski

The coming sequester is personal. No doubt it will feel that way to many more of you very soon, but Continue reading →