Credit Due: Sen. Rand Paul Taking a Stand on The Patriot Act Extension Sen. Rand Paul is attempting to filibuster the extension of the Patriot Act because the Senate just wants to blindly keep the flawed act in place without debating. The Patriot Act is set to expire on Friday. Read more More
COUNTDOWN TO THE SHUTDOWN! It’s Government Shutdown Day! Since no budget deal has been reached, with Democrats and Republicans still bickering over social issues instead of fiscal ones, we could be looking at the first shutdown since 1996. Read more More
Why You Should Care About Filibuster Reform It’s time to give a sh!t about arcane Senate rules that affect your life… Read more More
DADT: Sen. Jon Kyl Makes Late Charge for Obstructionist Doofus of the Year Following his comments on Sunday that repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell would “cost lives,” it’s clear that Arizona Republican Senator Jon Kyl is making a late charge to be called Obstructionist Doofus of the Year. Read more More
Victory Day for Obama: Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Policy Successfully Repealed On January 27th, President Obama declared during his first State of the Union address that the time had come to repeal the 17-year-old discriminatory policy known as Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. On Saturday, that promise became reality. Read more More
Politics Trump Rights: Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Repeal Vote Fails in Senate Only in the United States Senate can 40 men and women deny the rights of so many. On Thursday afternoon, the Senate denied the procedural cloture motion that would have allowed gay military members to serve openly. Read more More
I Have a DREAM Act: Immigration Bill To Come Up During Lame Duck Session Senator Harry Reid says the long-delayed DREAM Act, which would put children of illegal immigrants on a path to citizenship, will be coming back up in the lame-duck session of Congress. Read more More