Senate Decides NOT to Save Democracy...

GOP Senators Serve Their Corporate Masters, Block Money In Politics Amendment

Republican refusal to raise minimum wage hurts minorities

Senate fails unemployed again

Hope fades for long-term unemployed

Dems go on offense with new filibuster rule

Elizabeth Warren rips the GOP apart

Is the filibuster making the Senate filibusted?

Why you should care about filibuster abuse

GOP Uses Picture Of Obama Consoling A Newtown Victim To Gloat About Obama’s ‘Defeats’

GOP Uses Picture Of Obama Consoling A Newtown Victim To Gloat About Obama’s ‘Defeats’: Earlier today, the Republican National Committee released a one minute video gloating that President Obama has experienced a “string of defeats” during the first 100 days of his second term. Of course, the reason for these “defeats” is that the GOP retains the power to unilaterally block progress in the Senate through filibusters, and they [...]/p

Chris Wallace Falsely Claims Obama Had Filibuster-Proof Majority for 2 Years

Chris Wallace Falsely Claims Obama Had Filibuster-Proof Majority for 2 Years
"As Talking Points Memo observed, Sen. Ted Kennedy's (D-MA) temporary replacement wasn't sworn in until Sept. 24 of 2009, giving Democrats a filibuster-proof majority for four months and one week until Republican Scott Brown filled Kennedy's seat after a special election.

"The claim that Obama ruled like a monarch over Congress for two years — endlessly intoned as a talking point by Republicans — is more than just a misremembering of recent history or excited overstatement," theChicago Tribune's Eric Zorn wrote. "It's a lie"."