- Posted Dec. 6, 2012 6:15 p.m.
- How ridiculous can Republicans get? Mitch McConnell filibusters against his own Senate bill!
-
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell got a little too cute for his own good today, as we see HERE:
A move to embarrass Democrats backfired on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Thursday as the Kentucky Republican proposed a vote on raising the nation’s debt ceiling — then filibustered it when the Democrats tried to take him up on the offer.
On Thursday morning McConnell had made a motion for the vote on legislation that would let the president extend the country’s borrowing limit on his own. Congress would then have the option to disapprove such hikes, in a fashion similar to ...
Read more
- About
- Recent Posts
- The world is a battlefield, continued
- May 24, 2013 12:15 a.m.
- Training for a marathon is a marathon -- not a sprint!
- May 24, 2013 12:01 a.m.
- Bruce Springsteen in Naples, Italy Setlist 5/23/13
- May 23, 2013 6:21 p.m.
- You like beer talk? Tune into the Seacoast Beverage Lab Podcast
- May 23, 2013 6:21 p.m.
- Who first disclosed the targeting of conservative groups by the IRS?
- May 23, 2013 6:21 p.m.
- Financial Advice from Jim Cramer
- Read More