US House and Senate Vote Away Constitutional Check and Balance
One of the most basic and brilliant facets of the founding document bequeathed to us by men wise beyond their years is a system of checks and balances designed to prevent any one of the three branches...
View ArticleHow “Constitutional” are the Votes of Your State’s Federal Delegation?
I remember from two years ago the charges leveled at Tennessee’s Senator Bob Corker. One of his opponents claimed that Corker voted with President Obama 60% of the time. Despite making this claim over...
View ArticleTennessee’s Federal Delegation on the Use of Force in Syria
Last week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 10-7-1 to send the idea of using force in Syria to the full Senate for a vote. This week the House and Senate return from the August recess. Both...
View ArticleTennessee’s Federal Delegation on Defunding ObamaCare via a Continuing...
(UPDATED – Post was updated to report some actual votes cast and statements released after the vote) Over recent months, Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT) have proposed the idea of fighting...
View ArticleDarrell Issa, Twitter, Jim Cooper and the Dems’“Walkout” on the Families of...
It’s the little things that get you. For online communication, Twitter, which limits users to 140 characters per message, is the tiny “go -to” inadvertent creator of huge events. Consider last...
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