The tension mounted as the senator tried to get the investment banker on the hot seat to acknowledge that the best interests of his
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The first MO woman elected to Congress & the street named for her
If you live in or near St. Louis, you may have walked or driven on a street named in her honor, but you might
Unpaid taxes? No Defense contract for you!
Here’s a no-brainer policy that should have been enacted a long time ago. According to Federal Times, companies with unpaid tax bills would be
What are secret holds, and why ban them?
Outside of the arcane world of the U.S. Senate, a “secret hold” sounds like something one learns either as a member of a clandestine
Who’s calling whom the party of no?
The last Supreme Court nominee of a Democratic president to be rejected was in the 19th century. Two of President Grover Cleveland’s nominees failed to receive Senate confirmation in 1894.
“Moscow Maggie” was a Republican
It was known as “Red Baiting:” labeling as “Communists” Americans of good conscience who empathized with the less fortunate. In the early 1950s, in
Proposed bill calls for CEOs to appear in campaign ads
“I’m [corporate CEO’s name here], and I approve this ad.” That’s a line that could become a new campaign-ad mantra, if Congress passes the
A strong and quiet Democrat
Mike Mansfield was a legislative giant, yet his two favorite words might have been “Yep” and “Nope.” He could be a Sunday-morning news show
White House lets some sunshine in, but still not enough
The White House has made some good moves toward increasing government transparency, but there’s still a lot more to be done. Recent reports by
Deeply held beliefs
Back in the 70s and 80s, the Democratic Party was a fairly uniformly libertarian organization. It was the party of civil rights for minorities,