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The Senate Parliamentarian has ruled that Chuck Schumer may be able to use budget reconciliation rules to pass two additional amendments to the 2021 budget bill that was used in enacting Biden’s Covid relief law. Reconciliation, though complicated, allows bills to pass the Senate with a 51 to 50 vote. thehill.com/… The ruling...

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  • April 6, 2021

The Associated Press is reporting that Richard Shelby will not run for re-election for Alabama Senator. The 86 year old, who was originally a Democrat, has served in Washington for more than 40 years. apnews.com/… The senator in recent weeks told one close Alabama ally that he was not planning on...

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  • February 5, 2021

en.wikipedia.org/… California has about 40 million people and Wyoming has 577,000. It takes nearly 70 Wyomings to equal one California, though both are represented by two Senators as the constitution requires. Add one congressperson to the Senators and Wyoming has three electoral votes. California gets 55 electoral votes which is...

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  • February 2, 2020

Well, Republicans elected a guy who body-slammed a reporter and another one who confessed to serial sexual assault. Why not a guy who can’t spell his own name? In an FEC filing to officially kick off his run at a U.S. Senate seat, former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach...

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  • July 8, 2019

Keep an eye on this. The US Senate is preparing to hold a vote on actually taking concrete action against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over Kreepy Kushners newest kash kow, Inglorious MBS, over the murder of journalist and permanent US resident Jamal Khashoggi. besides the importance of this country...

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  • December 12, 2018

You had the grace to hold yourself, while those around you crawl    Candle in the wind    Elton John Dear Dr Blasey Ford, After more than a month of intense emotional turmoil, I hope this letter finds you and your family in a better place, back safe and sound in...

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  • October 6, 2018