Related Blog Posts
The Defection Myth
17 hours ago ago from The Futility Monster
As stories emerge this morning about how Labour allegedly tried to get Commons Speaker John Bercow to defect to them , in my mind the old problem emerges. What about democracy? I'm one of these crazy people who believes the electorate don't vote for a person. At least, not here in the UK, under our political culture. When the time comes to vote, people look first and foremost for the party label, and if they can't read, they'll look ...
Related contentQuestion: Did you actually VOTE for Harper?
17 hours ago ago from My Can Of Contemplation
Today's column from James Travers in the Toronto Star had me thinking about last year's travesty of the truth, the battle between the Prime Minister and Parliament itself. Surprisingly, a number of Canadians back then thought they were Americans and therefore elected Stephen Harper as Prime Minister directly. I could go cite what scholars, historians, and parliamentary experts have to say on the subject. But since those who believed in ...
Related contentGaming and University Funding Get Key Votes
15 hours ago ago from WDUQNews
In another late night session, the House passed funding for state-related universities, and set the stage for a final vote on table games legislation this evening. The chamber spent most of the day addressing a bill legalizing table games at Pennsylvania casinos. After hours of debate, the bill passed on second consideration. It needs one more vote to pass and go back to the Senate, and that could happen as early as tonight, according to ...
Related contentTea Parties and the GOP
12 hours ago ago from Holly On The Hill
Recent generic Congressional poll numbers by Rasmussen and Gallup both show that the GOP leading the Democrats by several percentage points. Independent voters the ones who put Obama over the top last year are swinging back to the right. In the recent gubernatorial election in Virginia, the independent voters broke 2 to 1 for the Republican, while in the New Jersey race, the numbers were even higher. Even more interesting, when Rasmussen ...
Related contentOk ok, so senate RULES are pathetic, but Dems still are too
6 hours ago ago from Pragmatic Progressive
In the heat of my disgust at Harry Reid & Joe Lieberman which still stands I was reminded of an excellent essay written here. Of course it takes a non-American to see our system more clearly This is the meat of the matter: The Senate rules are rather complicated and arcane. The main problem is that there are votes to both start and end discussion on a proposed bill. They are called “cloture votes”, and require 60 out of 100 votes to ...
Related contentRelated News
Nothing to see... move along.
Related Videos
Nothing to see... move along.
