Is there any reason Republicans shouldn't shut down all or part of the federal government in 2015? For all the bad publicity Republicans received for the 2013 shutdown, how did it hurt them at all? A year or more out from the next election, they...
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While I sympathize with the South Dakota ranchers who are suffering from widespread cattle die-offs in the wake of this month's unexpected blizzard, it'd be easier to feel sorry for.
Today's winner for random congressional Republican being a callous jerk during the government shutdown goes to New Mexico's Steve Pearce, for suggesting that furloughed government employees just go get themselves.
One reason Republicans are in no hurry to reopen the government is that it in itself accomplishes major aims of the party. Among the many examples of this is throwing the operation of federal public lands back to the states, as we are seeing with...
You thought the government shutdown wasn't really affecting you? Well, no new beers can come on the market while the government is shut down. Mike Brenner is trying to open.
It's no wonder many Republicans love the government shutdown. Among other things, it stops union elections from being held since nearly everyone in the NLRB is on furlough. This story.
Not to steal SEK's thunder here, but I was going to post this anyway and then he did a writeup. If Republican members of Congress want to win the crazy and offensive person of the day, they have to play by the rules. Since when...
Is the Republican congressional delegation holding a drawing where the once a day winner has to say something so stupid and insensitive as to get national attention? Do the winners.
Conservatives are lamely trying to put Democrats on the defensive by trying to force open popular parts of the government, like national parks. While I really want the national parks.
I love the Republican Party's ideological consistency: House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) worked with top congressional Democrats behind the scenes to preserve employer contributions for congressional staff's health care plans even as he decried those subsidies in public, Politico reported Tuesday. Emails and documents obtained...