Congress may indeed, and by its own bicameral agreement, call itself back into session at any time during its recess under the terms of section two of the conditional adjournment. This is nothing new either. The conditional adjournment language in various forms has a long history.
Michael Matthew Bloomer, December 31, 2012 Fiscal Cliff, New Year’s Eve : Democrats, Biden – ‘We Won The Election, Let’s Surrender.’ Progressive Push Needed I awakened to find this on my computer screen, courtesy...
Fiscal Cliff Countdown : Unchain Us, Majority Leader Reid, From Chained CPI Michael Matthew Bloomer, December 30, 2012 On Friday I wrote that a fiscal cliff deal that would appeal to enough GOP House and Senate legislators...
December 30, 2012 . . . NOTE: This posting is a republication of a piece I wrote in December 2011. It has application to the present “fiscal cliff” negotiations that some believe will result in...
Three Days Until Fiscal Cliff — Will A House Progressive Uprising Scuttle A Deal? By Michael Matthew Bloomer, Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. Deadlines imminent! Tea Party cooperation missing! Economy jeopardized! Progressives restive! Obama miffed!...
From our nemeses in the GOP we constantly hear how the Obama administration has during its tenure failed to create any jobs whatever. Of course, that’s patently false. This, in turn, proves to already-made-up...
“They all step back and say — ‘The president needs to get this done.’ At a certain point they need to do their job.’” President Barack Obama, press conference, 06-29-2011 For many years people...
WHOOPS, There It Is! In the wake of Congressman Anthony Weiner’s Twitter woes, in the wee hours of Friday morning things got worse. Lots worse. Not for Mr. Weiner, but for the U.S. Senate. At 1:oo a.m....
“I was never actually looking for adventure, it just came to me.” Frank Buckles, the “Last Doughboy,” 2008 interviewThe Associated Press “When you go to war as a boy you have a great illusion...
