Tag: Chuck Schumer

It was just last month that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi won the nomination for the Speaker of the House in the Democratic Caucus.  She handily won with 203 votes for and only 32 votes against. The only problem is she’ll need 218 votes on the house floor to win…

This is some of the nonsense around Washington that annoys so many Americans…probably including many of those who voted for President Donald Trump…that is part of the label of ‘swamp’. If we want to win some of them back we need to end these politics as usual. Senate Minority Leader…

Four days ago, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan was complaining that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi were playing politics with the federal relief response for Hurricane Harvey with their 3 month proposed budget continuation and debt ceiling hike…really Paul? Weren’t you playing politics…

The JOBS bill before the Senate doesn’t actually, you know, create any jobs.  In fact, according to MIT economist Simon Johnson, it’s likely to destroy jobs. Professor John Coates hit the nail on the head: “While the various proposals being considered have been characterized as promoting jobs and economic growth…

Economist Bruce Krasting has his dander up this morning…  And he’s got me rethinking my position on term limits to boot.