freeland thanks us lawmakers for bipartisan support on meng arrest
Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou appears Vancouver, Canada, on Jan 29, 2019 .. ..…
popville » “senate minority leader chuck schumer announced this
From Congresswoman’s Eleanor Holmes Norton’s office: . “Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) applauded Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) new push for D.C. statehood. ..…
burt likko, author at ordinary times
Much ink has been spilt the fortitude of the rule of law, and the viability of American democracy. ..…
the politics of impeachment
In the 1999 of Bill Clinton, Republicans who lost one of their members in vote for conviction knew it was a free political vote, having no effect with Democrats united, Senate was nowhere near the supermajority required to remove the president from office. ... By the time that..…
linky friday: meanwhile, elsewhere
LF16 Hardly surprising, lot of land, and the kind of poverty that leads governments to permit industry to work cheap .. ..…
joe biden would be the oldest sitting president if elected in 2020
he would be the oldest person to become president since Donald Trump took in 2017.. ..…
why international women’s day isn’t going away
But it was also the year when there were Republicans in United States Senate than men named John in the same chamber.. ..…
california legislature kills bills to reclassify violent sexual crimes
Six real justice reform bills were killed last in California Legislature which would have expanded the definition of violent crime to include human trafficking, elder and adult abuse, assault with deadly weapon, rape, and other crimes most Californians consider violent.. ..…
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