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Weiner’s Wiener Whiners
Published on 2011-06-08 04:16:15
I have to say, I’m thoroughly sick of people speaking as if those in government should be pilloried every time we find out they had an affair, or in this case, sent lewd picture messages to willing recipients. Do I care what the man does in hi > read more
Congress votes on war, spying, Medicare, and, of course, abortion
Published on 2011-05-27 09:13:08
Congress passed, and President Obama has signed into law, a four-year extension of some controversial non-permanent provisions in the PATRIOT Act including roving wiretaps (authorized for a person rather than a communications line or device ) of > read more
Democrat wins in heavily Republican congressional district in New York
Published on 2011-05-24 21:27:05
Democrat Kathy Hochul has beaten Republican Jane Corwin in a special election for New York’s 26th congressional district, vacated by Republican Chris Lee when a shirtles craigliss ad he put up was discovered. This is particularly notable becau > read more
Gridlock update
Published on 2011-05-20 09:51:22
The United States Senate continues to be the place where bills die as all but two Republicans and three Democrats voted against ending subsidies for oil and gas companies (Democrats returned the favor by rejecting a Republican bill to expand offsho > read more
It’s getting political up in here!
Published on 2011-05-20 06:21:15
Well, the ongoing saga of the mayor’s race in Irving is getting pretty interesting. As mentioned in my last post, Beth Van Duyne narrowly edged out incumbent Herbert Gears. Of course the race goes to a runoff, so that’s not the end of it, > read more
Municipal Elections
Published on 2011-05-16 08:56:14
Following off of Nat-Wu’s excellent post about Irving, here’s some information from Texas Tribune on what happened around the state this weekend: Polls closed Saturday evening in municipal elections across the state. Runoffs will decide > read more
TPA Roundup
Published on 2011-05-16 08:09:15
The Texas Progressive Alliance salutes the final voyage of the “Endeavour” as it brings you this week’s roundup. Off the Kuff took a look at the proposed new map for the State Senate and the effect it could have on incumbent Senator > read more
Stunning Results in Irving Elections!
Published on 2011-05-16 01:21:27
My my, who would have predicted that Beth Van Duyne would come up with the most votes in the mayoral election? Well, aside from her campaign, that is. http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/TX/Dallas/30600/44744/en/summary.html Well, I guess I was w > read more
Sen. Herb Kohl to retire
Published on 2011-05-13 12:45:11
The Wisconsin Democrat is leaving the Senate, adding another competitive open-seat race to the 2012 elections: Democratic strategists insisted that they will field a top-tier candidate in the open seat, noting that the fight between Gov. Scott Walker > read more
Texas Republicans force through their worst bills in remaining days of session
Published on 2011-05-10 08:59:39
It’s getting ugly. With their window of oppurtunity closing, Republicans in state legislature are flattening rules and traditions to pass measures most coveted by conservatives. Over the weekend, the house passed a “loser pays” to > read more
Texas Senate passes abortion sonogram bill
Published on 2011-02-17 17:30:14
From the Texas Tribune: The controversial abortion sonogram bill has passed the Senate 21-10. Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, got the two-thirds vote needed to bring it to the floor, effectively ensuring it would pass… Under Patrick’s legi > read more
The cuts have to come from somewhere
Published on 2011-02-13 13:05:02
Texas budget cuts are coming, and it looks like education is going to take a huge hit. Everything is variable right now, based on an analysis of one proposed budget. The fact of the matter is that it could be worse, or possibly not as bad for educato > read more
Republican congress continues to stumble
Published on 2011-02-10 11:12:35
It’s been a bad week: In the meantime, House Republicans are in for a world of hurt on the public relations front — the floor action this week has created an image of a party that doesn’t have things completely under control. The latest pro > read more
Sen. Jon Kyl to retire, Rep. Christopher Lee resigns
Published on 2011-02-10 10:58:21
Republican Sen. Jon Kyl is the latest senator to announce his retirement. Arizona has had a heavy rightward drift the past couple of years, but this still could be a potential pickup oppurtunity with a good Democratic candidate, such as former Gov. J > read more
Sen. Jim Webb to retire
Published on 2011-02-09 12:57:25
Bad news from Virginia… Sen. Jim Webb, elected in the 2006 Democratic wave, had decided not to run for re-election in 2012. Since he hadn’t been doing fundraising many thought this was a possibility but hoped he’d ultimately get in > read more
Rep. Jane Harman to resign from Congress, DLC disbanding
Published on 2011-02-08 12:35:28
California Rep. Jane Harman is resigning Congress to succeed former Rep. Lee Hamilton as President and CEO of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. There will be a special election to replace her, and as it is a safe Democratic distri > read more
Senate Republicans force hopless vote on health care reform repeal
Published on 2011-02-02 19:25:35
Senate Republicans attached as amendment to another bill a repeal to health care reform (something that is opposed by a majority of Americans) that predictably failed on party lines. The Senate did overwhelmingly pass a minor change to the law offer > read more
Filibuster reform gets watered down
Published on 2011-01-28 08:12:03
Via First Read: In an agreement reached between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, the world’s most deliberative body will not change its rules on the filibuster after all. A group of mostly freshmen senato > read more
Voter ID bill on verge of passage in Texas Senate
Published on 2011-01-26 08:35:17
After being fast-tracked by Gov. Perry (hey, it’s obviously more of an ‘emergency’ item than fixing that 27 billion dollar budget shortfall that may lead to steep cuts in education, health care, and state jobs), this bill - which i > read more
House Republicans pass health care reform repeal
Published on 2011-01-19 19:31:32
Today, Republicans in the U.S House passed as their first major bill the ”Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act” (though it doesn’t “kill” jobs, but who cares about facts?). Of course, it’s not going anywh > read more
Sens. Kent Conrad and Joe Lieberman to retire
Published on 2011-01-19 12:47:39
Some good news and bad news on the 2012 Senate elections front. Bad news first: Democratic Senator Kent Conrad from North Dakota has announced he will not run again. Conrad was already endangered and his retirement makes this an even bigger pickup op > read more
New Address
Published on 2009-10-07 17:56:00
News! Three Wise Men is up and running at our new location, threewisemeblog.com. Well, sort of...we're still putting our house in order at the new location, but that doesn't mean you aren't welcome to stop by. Eventually a visit here will redirect yo > read more
Legislative Update XXVI
Published on 2009-10-02 16:36:00
Instead of passing health care, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to block money for the Obama administration to transfer Gitmo detainees to the U.S. The chamber also voted to spend more money on water-energy projects, sanction companies that s > read more
Kagan: Still Wrong about Iran
Published on 2009-09-30 07:52:00
The circumstances change, but the advice remains the same from Robert Kagan. Whatever an American administration is doing about Iran, it's not doing it forcefully enough:The past two weeks have been a big success for the rulers in Tehran, despite wha > read more
Betsy McCaughey: Big Tobacco Flack
Published on 2009-09-28 18:16:00
Last month I wrote this about critics of health care reform:But thanks to lying liars like Krauthammer and McCaughey, progress on this front has probably been set back a good ten or twenty years, all because defeating health care reform justifies any > read more
Texas Progressive Alliance Round-Up 9/28
Published on 2009-09-28 09:45:00
As early voting for the November elections looms on the horizon, the Texas Progressive Alliance says good-bye to September and hello to another weekly blog roundup.BREAKING NEWS: Natural Gas Development Brings "amazing and very high" Levels of Carcin > read more
What Indeed?
Published on 2009-09-25 18:02:00
The only proper response to this is for somebody to put an arrow in Limbaugh's fat ass: > read more
Legislative Update XXV
Published on 2009-09-25 15:24:00
The House of Representatives voted to extend unemployment benefits, stop Medicare premium hikes, and keep the goverment running through October. That is all. > read more
TWM is on Facebook!
Published on 2009-09-25 15:08:00
We all are in our individual capacities, but now the blog collective has planted a flag in Facebook country. I don't entirely know what to do with it yet but it appears to be the thing all the cool kids are doing, so go be our fan here. > read more
Wrong Again
Published on 2009-09-25 10:52:00
Glenn Greenwald condemns David Brooks most recent idiocy in far great detail and with far greater passion than I can summon, but there is one small point of fact that I'd like to point out regarding Brooks' column. This, from Brooks' column:Always th > read more
The Real Deal
Published on 2009-09-25 08:06:00
Unlike with our local misfit Hosan Smadi, it appears the FBI got their hands on a guy who had both the ability and the means to carry out a terrorist attack, after evidence was collected in a series of raids in New York last week:Documents filed in B > read more