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Colbert: U.S. now safe from maniacs wielding gun control bills
Thursday night on “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert congratulated America on being safe from maniacs wielding gun control bills and gave special thanks to the U.S. Senate for standing up to grieving families to protect that which is most precious of all, their NRA ratings. “Nation, I’m sure you’ll…
Lindsay Graham: U.S. Senate is ‘where ideas go and die’
Monday on Fox News, Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) said that the U.S. Senate no longer functions as a governing body, but is rather “where ideas go and die.” He called the Senate’s performance with regards to the fiscal cliff “embarrassing.” “The Senate doesn’t function anymore. The House has passed three…
Pro-gun rights senators declined Meet the Press invite
NBC host David Gregory said that Meet the Press had reached out to every gun rights advocate in the U.S. Senate, but none agreed to come on the political talk show. “A note here this morning: We reached out to all 31 pro-gun rights senators in the new Congress to…
Reid, McConnell dodge questions, refuse to look at one another during ’60 Minutes’ spot
How bad is the partisan divide in the U.S. Senate? Bad enough that the leaders of the two parties wouldn’t answer questions or even so much as look at one another during their first-ever interview together on Sunday night. “It was very chilly,” “60 Minutes” reporter Steve Kroft said, summarizing…
Washington U.S. Senate candidate tells reporter ‘Go f*ck yourself’
A Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in the state of Washington is has apologized today, then retracted his apology hours later for telling a pool reporter to perform a lewd — if anatomically impossible — act upon himself. It was in an email interview with Seattle-based political blogger Josh Felt…
One Dem candidate calls another a ‘whore’ for AIPAC during live debate
Things got heated during a Democratic primary debate for the U.S. Senate in Connecticut on Thursday when one candidate told another that he was “whore” over his support of a pro-Israel lobbying group. “I’m appalled that when I talk about the neoconservatives somehow it’s twisted to be some sort of…
Warren: Birth control battle ‘why people really hate politics’
Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren, who is running for the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, appeared on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show to discuss the current battle over insurance plans that cover contraception. In response to a White House proposal, Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) has proposed a rule that would allow…
WATCH LIVE: Senate debates debt bill
The U.S. Senate debates a bipartisan debt bill the day after the bill passed in the House of Representatives. Watch this live video from MSNBC, broadcast Aug. 2, 2011. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
It’s almost over
I hate to say the opera’s over, because the U.S. Senate can literally fuck anything up, but it seems now almost certain that Don’t Ask Don’t Tell will be toast by Christmas. The standing Republican filibuster on it was finally taken back, and now they can have an up or…
Report: Charlie Crist will run for U.S. Senate
If it’s true that the Florida governor will toss his hat into the ring for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by the retiring Mel Martinez, this will be the test of whether the documentary “Outrage”, and its reporting that the anti-gay pol is a big old hypocritical homo, will…
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