Tag: U.S. Senate

Roy Moore said taking away the right of women to vote would ‘eliminate many problems’

The following article by Zach Ford was posted on the ThinkProgress website December 11, 2017:

Removing all amendments after the Tenth “would eliminate many problems,” Moore said.

Alabama Republican Roy Moore faces Democrat Doug Jones in the Alabama Senate runoff. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

In 2011, Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore agreed with a radio host known for promoting conspiracy theories that the United States would be better off if the seventeen constitutional amendments that followed the original Bill of Rights were repealed.

“That would eliminate many problems,” Moore said in audio unearthed by CNN. “You know people don’t understand how some of these amendments have completely tried to wreck the form of government that our forefathers intended.”

The amendments following the 10th Amendment served some fairly important functions in the U.S. government: Continue reading “Roy Moore said taking away the right of women to vote would ‘eliminate many problems’”

Senators clash over direction of Russia, Clinton probes

The following article by Jordain Carney was posted on the Hill website December 10, 2017:

President Donald Trump, flanked by Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell faces the prospect of the first government shutdown when one party controlled all levers of government. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Partisan tensions are mounting on the Senate Judiciary Committee, with both parties accusing the other of stonewalling.

The panel’s investigation into the 2016 election appears to have hit the skids, with members increasingly fighting over the direction of the probe.

Republicans want to dig back into Obama-era scandals, including the FBI’s handling of its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server.

But Democrats say the committee should be focused on potential collusion between President Trump’s campaign and Russia, as well as the circumstances of former FBI Director James Comey’s firing. Continue reading “Senators clash over direction of Russia, Clinton probes”

ALEC’s Scary Plan For Electing Your Senators

The following article by David Daley was posted on the AlterNet website July 22, 2017:

The New York Times and Washington Post reported that President Trump has had conversations with top officials about whether he could pardon himself and his family, and also suggested that the White House could be mounting an attack on the credibility of Robert Mueller, the special prosecutor leading the investigation into Russian influence on the 2016 campaign.

Trump’s “election integrity” commission convened for the first time on Wednesday and he wasted no time assailing state election officials who have refused the panel’s unprecedented request for detailed voter data. The president alleged, darkly, that uncooperative states might have something to hide. “One had to wonder what they’re worried about,” Trump said. “There’s something. There always is.” Continue reading “ALEC’s Scary Plan For Electing Your Senators”

Mitch McConnell’s crime of passion against Elizabeth Warren

The following column by Doyle McManus was posted on the L.A. Times website February 12, 2017:

After 32 years in the Senate, Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has earned a reputation as a wily legislative wizard and a cynical genius at outwitting Democrats.

So when McConnell invoked a little-used Senate rule to silence Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) as she read a letter from Coretta Scott King denouncing President Trump’s nominee for attorney general, Congress-watchers figured there had to be a clever strategy behind the move. Continue reading “Mitch McConnell’s crime of passion against Elizabeth Warren”