…white papers, given speeches, presented “optimization” programs, and appeared before Congressional committees. The plans are clear: eliminate the layoff protections in union contracts; cut the career workforce by nearly half…

Guest Post by Mark Jamison, retired Postmaster. News of Ron Johnson the Tea Party favorite from Wisconsin taking over as chair of the Senate committee on Homeland Security & Governmental…

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren Senate Republicans held a Banking Committee hearing today to talk about why we should roll back the rules on mortgages and credit cards because they’re just…

…Committee and was lead manager for Trump’s first impeachment trial, told anchor Nicolle Wallace that the committee is investigating the activities surrounding January 6 as “a conspiracy to commit a…

…income tax rate from 70 percent to 50 percent and reduced the capital gains tax rate by 40 percent (Joint Committee on Taxation 1981). Individual income tax revenue in 1983…

…COVID-19 vaccine access in a chaotic meeting Friday, marked by confusion over processes, technical difficulties and passionate disagreement among members and other experts in attendance. Ultimately, the Advisory Committee on…

…that can fix the problem of the exchanges for January 1, 2026,” said Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee, in…

…— that he said he received from Kennedy (a noted vaccine skeptic) and others in President Donald Trump’s administration. Among them: Kennedy would maintain recommendations from the CDC’s Advisory Committee…

…illustrations of how House rules are designed less to enable majority decision-making than to protect party leadership. In theory, a discharge petition allows rank-and-file members to bypass committee and leadership…

Yup. Definitely the way to go. No doubt about it. Rep. Ellmers has found the key. Out of the mouths of babes. (One babe, anyway.) Good grace. —- PS: Thanks,…