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Poll: Stephen Colbert is South Carolinia’s favorite for new US Senator
If South Carolina had its way, Stephen Colbert would be GOP Senator Jim Demint’s successor in the U.S. Senate. From Public Policy Polling: Colbert tops the wish list of who South Carolina voters would...
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Gay marriage law passes crucial vote in French Senate – France WILL have gay...
Gay marriage has won in France. The process is a bit more complicated than that, but in essence, gay marriages will be legal in France by this summer (it’s not entirely clear what date). But it looks...
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Senate sexual assault hearing “forgets” to invite victims of sexual assault
In a brazen slap in the face to women in the military, the Senate Armed Services Committee – run by Democrats, mind you – invited 18 opponents of legislation addressing sexual assault to testify at a...
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Senate committee passes ENDA (gay jobs bill) with support from GOP’s Hatch,...
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), legislation to make it illegal under federal law to fire someone for being gay or trans (sexual orientation and gender identity are not covered under...
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Texas state capitol trooper confiscates woman’s Maxi-Pad, but guns are okay...
It’s a horrible video. A woman was apparently waiting in line to go watch the Texas Senate debate and vote on new restrictions against abortion, and a state trooper searched her and confiscated her...
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27 GOP Senators vote to disapprove of own vote to raise debt ceiling
The things you learn watching Stephen Colbert. 27 Republican Senators voted this week to condemn their own votes in favor of raising the debt ceiling and saving the country from default, and a...
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ENDA passes US Senate: 64-32; Boehner opposes passage in House
The US Senate today passed the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), legislation banning workplace discrimination against gay and transgender people, by a hefty 64 t0 32 margin. The bill only...
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Report on CIA black sites & torture may provoke constitutional crisis
We reported recently on AMERICAblog about the anger of Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence — i.e., the “spook state” oversight committee — because the...
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Ingenious new attack ad from Oregon GOP
A radio advertisement in Oregon’s GOP Senate primary between Monica Wehby and Jason Conger set a new standard for insidious genius. It’s no “Boats ‘N Hoes” scandal, but it’s a template for underhanded...
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You know gays have won when a drag queen runs for office as a Republican
You know gays have won the culture war when a former drag queen is running for office in North Carolina as a conservative Republican. Yes, by now you may have heard tell of Miss Mona Sinclair (aka...
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The nomination of far-right conservative Michael Boggs to the federal bench
(An alternate reality parable) Dateline: Yam 4102, The Times MirrorWorld Gazette Majority Republican Senators have threatened to oppose one of President John McCain’s nominees for the federal...
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US Senate revokes press credential of SCOTUSblog because, old men
The rather renowned Supreme Court blog SCOTUSblog had its US Senate press credentials revoked recently, while the Supreme Court refuses to credential SCOTUSblog at all. Why? Because SCOTUSblog is run...
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Wehby, Merkley and a cowardly newspaper in Oregon
The Oregonian, Portland’s no-longer-daily newspaper, recently exhibited the sort of editorial cowardice that is symptomatic of an industry in decline. The paper’s editorial board chose not to endorse...
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Election 2014: Voters weren’t mad as hell; they were worn out
Election Day 2014 ended up worse than the already-bad predictions for Democrats. The Republicans took control the Senate, picked up seats in the House, and snagged governorships in Illinois and...
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Senate cooks go on strike, highlighting issues with privatized public services
Bertrand Olotara is a cook employed by the federal contractor that operates the Senate cafeteria, Compass Group. Yesterday, he announced in The Guardian the he and his coworkers are going on strike....
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Alcee Hastings is right: Members of Congress have too much money, but...
Speaking at a hearing regarding the 2016 Legislative Branch appropriations bill yesterday, Florida Congressman Alcee Hastings made, as Roll Call lovingly described in their lede, a “politically-tone...
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Did Claire McCaskill illegally coordinate with Todd Akin’s campaign so she...
Claire McCaskill published a fascinating story in POLITICO Magazine about how she tinkered with the 2012 Republican primary for her Senate race in Todd Akin’s favor. Akin had already said things that...
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Iran Deal will survive, as administration secures 34th vote in Senate
The Iran Deal is a done deal. At least as long as a Democrat holds the White House. Senator Barbara Mikulski made it official this morning when she became the 34th senator to come out in favor of the...
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As Iran Deal secures 41 votes in Senate, Dick Cheney proves Obama’s point
The Associated Press is reporting that the Iran Deal has secured its 41st vote in the Senate, which will likely prevent a bill blocking the deal from reaching President Obama’s desk. Despite West...
View ArticleBipartisan sentencing reform bill to be introduced in the Senate today
Don’t look now, but the Senate might be about to commit an act of governing. According to the Associated Press, a bipartisan group of Senators is set to introduce a bill today that would give judges...
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