Unapologetic Pelosi Vows Partnership, & Bit of Fight
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 7th, 2011 5:31 am by HL
Unapologetic Pelosi Vows Partnership, & Bit of Fight
Mike Lillis, The Hill
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday ended her historic run as House Speaker with vows to work with Republicans in the new Congress — but without apology for the accomplishments of the last.Passing the gavel to a tearful John Boehner (R-Ohio), Pelosi — the first woman Speaker in U.S. history — promised Democrats will be “a willing partner” to Republican efforts to tackle the employment crisis and rein in federal deficits.
House Budget Chairman Backs CBO Director
How is Defaulting on Debt “Fiscally Conservative”?
Allahpundit, Hot Air
A surreal clip, not because they don’t understand the consequences of failing to raise the ceiling but because they do — and Napolitano, at least, seems prepared to accept them. From the myopic standpoint of what’s more likely to bring about the end of the GOP, I’m guessing that an economic collapse triggered by a Republican-driven federal default is slightly more likely to cause trouble for conservatives than voting to raise the ceiling in return for, say, a balanced-budget amendment or other heavy debt-reducing concessions.
Stop Pretending the Constitution is Sacred
Michael Lind, Salon
Will conservatives restore America to constitutional government? The new Republican leadership in the House of Representatives has promised not only to begin the new congressional session by reading the Constitution in its entirety, but also to require that every new piece of legislation cite the passage in the federal Constitution that authorizes it.These gestures are certain to please the conservatives of the Tea Party movement who are the ascendant force in Republican primary elections. But Tea Party constitutionalism represents a deeply flawed understanding of America's founding,…
Dems’ Plan to Save Health Care Reform
Suzy Khimm, Mother Jones
Democrats are entering the new Congress on the defensive"”or, as Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) has put it, “in the fetal position.” Republicans have already scheduled a vote to repeal the health care reform bill and rewrite the House rules to make it easier for the GOP to attack other cornerstone accomplishments of the Obama administration. In other words, the drubbing that Democrats received in the November elections was only a precursor for what's to come.