Manchin is a “no” on gutting the filibuster
Senate Democrats are forging ahead with other legislative matters in the wake of the massive Build Back Better bill’s collapse last month. Among the items on the agenda: a proposal…
Democrats blame Manchin when they should blame themselves
Congressional Democrats and the press are still trying to figure out what got into Sen. Joe Manchin that convinced him to back away from the Biden administration’s costly Build Back…
Building back better on the backs, and wallets, of vapers
It’s no secret that congressional Democrats have both a deep need to raise taxes and a profound dislike for vaping. They’ve found a way to unite those two impulses in…
Manchin calls IRS surveillance idea “screwed up”
As congressional Democrats continue their intramural fight over how to spend trillions of dollars we don’t have, at least one very bad idea the Biden administration has floated to defray…
Forcing Democrats to look at the red ink in their spending plans
House Democrats’ squabbling over the size and content of a $3.5 trillion budget bill resulted in the delay of a vote on a trillion dollar (give or take) infrastructure bill….
Manchin Vows Not to End Filibuster
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin says he will not bow to a progressive push to eliminate the Senate’s filibuster rule. Writing in the Washington Post, Manchin says: Every time the…
