A Rocky Start to the New Era of Bipartisanship, Part II

The story is a bit surreal, but goes something like this:

1) Republicans claim to hate government spending.

2) President Obama withholds some funding original earmarked for defense projects in Alabama.

3) In protest, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) puts a “blanket hold” on all More…

GOP Agenda: Just Stall

Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) ruffled feathers this month when he drafted a detailed strategy for stalling the health reform bill moving through the upper chamber. Yet Gregg is hardly alone, and health-care legislation is hardly the only target of the GOP’s delay tactics.

[Congress1]Since being swept from More…

Another Day, Another Republican Hold on an Obama Nominee

There may be no better example of how the Senate’s holds and filibusters work now than this one — Sen. George LeMieux (R-Fla.), who holds his job because his political ally Gov. Charlie Crist (R-Fla.) appointed him in September, has placed a hold on the Obama administration’s nominee for More…