[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQAd_MeMiKw[/embed] With the holiday season at a close, all eyes are back on Washington with news about the impeachment effort against President Donald Trump, precarious foreign policy with Iran, and … READ MORE
Congress
Are You Smarter than a Congressman?
Congress just quickly passed a pair of massive spending bills that package what are supposed to be 12 separate spending bills into two giant omnibuses. Our entire discretionary budget is … READ MORE
Congress Can’t Keep Up
Congressional job approval is notoriously abysmal. The latest polls show only 20% of voters are satisfied with our Legislative Branch. Some level of frustration with Congress will always exist, because … READ MORE
Congress’s Love Affair with Judicial Supremacy Continues
“I love the tax bill and a lot of the other things we did...but I think lifetime appointments — not only to the Supreme Court but to the circuit courts … READ MORE
Senate Democrats Attempt to Pass $650 Billion Tax Cut
The ease and level in which the Republican Party has thrown fiscal responsibility out the window over the last three years has been a galling display of hypocrisy that will … READ MORE
The Tale of the Most Powerless Power Players in Washington
Party leaders in Washington love gushing about the power they wield in their positions. When asked about why he would not bring an election security bill up for a vote … READ MORE
Should it stay or should it go? The filibuster and the Senate’s continuing identity crisis
Retired Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) recently made waves in political circles with his call for the Senate to get rid of the legislative filibuster — the requirement that … READ MORE
It’s Time to Change the Utterly Pointless Debt Ceiling
This week, President Trump will sign into law the 79th debt ceiling extension since 1960. For decades, the debt limit - the statutory limit on federal debt - served as … READ MORE