Schumer May Try to Rewrite Filibuster Rules
Chuck Schumer plans to hold a series of Senate Rules Committee hearings to examine possible reforms to the filibuster rules so frustrating Democrats. Schumer, the committee’s chair, hatched the plan...
View ArticleGlenn Beck Thinks God Wrote the Bill of Rights
Glenn Beck mangled US history pretty spectacularly in a health care rant yesterday, attacking Tom Harkin for saying that reform would make health care “an unalienable right.” Beck’s response: “Tom! I...
View ArticleSenator Nelson: 'I've Never Used an ATM'
Ben Nelson is taking some razzing today for comments he made to the Omaha World-Herald about ATM fees: “I've never used an ATM, so I don't know what the fees are,” said the 69-year-old Nebraska...
View ArticleSenate Report: For-Profit Colleges 'Abysmal'
Private, for-profit colleges are gorging themselves on federal cash while spending little to ensure a quality education for their students, who are dropping out in droves, Democrats on the Senate's...
View ArticleAt Fiscal Cliff, a Debt Ceiling Showdown Now Looms
Wrangling at the edge of the fiscal cliff is the main event in Washington right now, and the stakes might be even higher than most people realize. At President Obama's first meeting with John Boehner,...
View ArticleHarkin Calls on Democrats to Block Cliff Deal
Rank-and-file Republicans aren't the only ones who could deep-six a fiscal cliff compromise. Tom Harkin today called on Democrats to reject the deal, furious over President Obama's apparent willingness...
View ArticleDemocrat Tom Harkin Retiring From Senate
Surprise news from the Senate today: Iowa Democrat Tom Harkin tells AP he will not run for re-election in 2014. Harkin, 73, pointed out that he would be 81 if he completed a sixth term. "It's just...
View ArticleSenate to Let Student Loan Rates Double
A compromise to keep student loan interest rates low proved unwinnable before Monday's deadline and interest rates on new loans are going to double — at least for a while — senators said today. Tom...
View ArticleIf Biden Runs in '16, Iowa's Got His Back
Iowa Senator Tom Harkin is hosting his 36th "steak fry" fundraiser today, an event described by the Des Moines Register as "a stepping stone to the White House." This year's guest of honor? Joe Biden....
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