When Conor Lamb won his special election in Pennsylvania last week, he distanced himself from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, calling for new leadership if the Democrats retake Congress in November. Since Lamb won by only a handful of votes, this may have been shrewd ...read more
Donald Trump has been in office for 200 days. And to celebrate, he's starting the first full week of what he has described as a "working" vacation at his Bedminster, New Jersey golf club. In honor of the 200th day of the reign of His Orangeness, I decided to take a look at just ...read more
"Maybe rather than getting that new iPhone that they just love and they want to go spend hundreds of dollars on that, maybe they should invest in their own health care. They've got to make those decisions themselves,” said Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz back in March of ...read more
It happens every August. Washington DC shuts down as the men and women who make up the legislative branch of the government of the United States get out of Dodge for a month-long recess. During his presidency George W. Bush did likewise, spending the month at his Texas ranch. ...read more
No matter your opinion on Donald Trump, one thing that everybody who is paying attention should know is that virtually nothing has gotten done during his first 4.5 months in office. That means the presidential photo ops that accompany signing of major legislation have been few ...read more
If true, this story illustrates what I've been saying to folks on the left who don't like President Obama talking to the right. At the end of the day he won an election with a significant margin and has close to 3/4 of the country in his corner. He isn't an unpopular lame duck ...read more
