Where is Congress? It was said that legislators would stay in session for August, yet they don’t even have a meaningful agenda to fill up the month of July. In today’s show, we observe all the ways that Congress, urged…
The Comatose Congress
Category: Congress
Christian, conservative, and all-in for Trump Republicans race to lead House conservative caucus
After years of compromising their convictions and trading their principles for political power, the GOP provided little resistance to Donald Trump and his nationalist populist ideology as he and the so-called new American right seized control of the party. As…
House bill will rein in Trump’s abuse of trade powers
As much of the nation focused yesterday on the Supreme Court and who Trump would nominate to fill the seat being vacated by Anthony Kennedy’s retirement, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) was busy working on a bill that would limit Trump’s…
GOP will really, really, really repeal Obamacare if victorious in November
Good news, America! If we give Republicans control of the House and the Senate in November, they will repeal Obamacare! No, this isn’t an old headline found in the election-year archives from 2012, 2014, or 2016. This promise is now!…
Emperor Palpatine would love Trump’s U.S. FART Act
Ever since Trump officially launched his self-declared trade war earlier this year, countries around the world have been lining up to retaliate against his arbitrary use of tariffs—the Senate Finance Committee recently called it “knee-jerk impulses”—in his pursuit to advance…
Trump celebrates the victory of a Democratic Socialist to feed his ego
Following Tuesday’s primary races, Donald Trump tweeted his glee after ten-term NY Rep. Joe Crowley—a Democrat many thought would replace Nancy Pelosi as the party’s leader in the House—lost his primary race to a Bernie Sanders supporter, Democratic Socialist…
Anthony Kennedy’s retirement might save Mitch McConnell and the GOP
Will Anthony Kennedy’s retirement save Mitch McConnell? Historically, midterm elections are a struggle for the party occupying the White House. And even though recent polls show the Democrats losing some of their lead over Republicans on the generic ballot, the…
