Some Regular Order would be nice. Some of the stories sound like stories from when my daughter was in middle school.
I was curious where the safe and secret place was 9 miles away……. According to an account from Pleasanton (taken 34 years later), it was a vacant gristmill on the Virginia side of the Potomac. He later moved them to a cellar of an abandoned house in Leesburg.
I guess I need a Civics refresher. How can the Senate propose a funding bill? I thought all spending/budget bills had to originate in the House. (And even if the Senate passes such a bill, why would we expect the House to do anything with it?)
The Senate can take a House-passed funding bill and amend it. For example, the House passed a bill funding military construction and the VA. That could be turned into a vehicle for a broader temporary funding bill.
I'm not sure about 'ever' - but the past few months have not been good for him, ever since he signed that debt limit deal with Biden, which should have been a success. Instead, his critics have turned it into his Waterloo
"blasted the Pentagon for repeatedly slow-walking ..... they sent nobody to help my men .... faulted lapses in intelligence warnings from the FBI and other federal agencies .... "
Somewhere in there is the truth - that whomever was at the top of this wanted the Capitol to be attacked and Trump to be re-installed as "President". Good luck untangling that one.
Sund is a GOP favorite, since he keeps blaming Pelosi over and over again. Just a reminder - Pelosi and McConnell were in charge of the Capitol that day.
Some Regular Order would be nice. Some of the stories sound like stories from when my daughter was in middle school.
I was curious where the safe and secret place was 9 miles away……. According to an account from Pleasanton (taken 34 years later), it was a vacant gristmill on the Virginia side of the Potomac. He later moved them to a cellar of an abandoned house in Leesburg.
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/rescue-of-the-papers-of-state-during-the-burning-of-washington
I guess I need a Civics refresher. How can the Senate propose a funding bill? I thought all spending/budget bills had to originate in the House. (And even if the Senate passes such a bill, why would we expect the House to do anything with it?)
The Senate can take a House-passed funding bill and amend it. For example, the House passed a bill funding military construction and the VA. That could be turned into a vehicle for a broader temporary funding bill.
Is McCarthy the weakest Speaker ever?
I'm not sure about 'ever' - but the past few months have not been good for him, ever since he signed that debt limit deal with Biden, which should have been a success. Instead, his critics have turned it into his Waterloo
Yesterday's Times has a detailed piece about Ray Epps.
One line that attracted me was this:
"The Justice Department continues to file Jan. 6 cases almost daily and could ultimately bring charges against several hundred more defendants."
The wheels turn slowly. The Justice Department followup is still in progress. .
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/19/us/politics/ray-epps-jan-6-conspiracy-theory-charged.html?unlocked_article_code=tDi_swj1LruWgPAfOTo2dBxoGUZ42XfP_SPHAkgJKH16j0h6uJC5_It0Gz8WDefUZGhJ-vU3xlbnKux-cLeUo8a-SfJPvA9nGAW6q1Dt3pabtwqkZ075w6PSqJQiYOW54-ofRPPXvvY64XR1JjxNHrZ6dGmmeNZVmTOMwHEX73-NUdxPGYsB15HhgRhRojU_QeaI5IB3IDDYhVL8AAEpivxA0xPhFwR1LjbFoHsIQJ1WJjcIN4FOHRH0fXSC0CwHQlSEpzUhtNhWMo3RTifRJD0_YXhNhAPuQTRS1crpCh4XvRt6fiqBUBdx8OcmQ9T1hrcD1gCxzysYYi6aodPuER5HC_KmHxcU9cE3aAzVTXGwlrzdlXk&smid=url-share
"blasted the Pentagon for repeatedly slow-walking ..... they sent nobody to help my men .... faulted lapses in intelligence warnings from the FBI and other federal agencies .... "
Somewhere in there is the truth - that whomever was at the top of this wanted the Capitol to be attacked and Trump to be re-installed as "President". Good luck untangling that one.
Sund is a GOP favorite, since he keeps blaming Pelosi over and over again. Just a reminder - Pelosi and McConnell were in charge of the Capitol that day.