Posts related primarily to the Senate side of our Federal government.
Good government would involve our elected Representatives and Senators working to keep the government operating and bad government would find their efforts falling short of that goal. Big government would involve arguments about excessive regulations or spending while small government would be described as not doing enough to keep the country growing and prosperous. We …
There is lots of wrangling these days over the senate’s filibuster provisions. If we listen to the talking heads, we are led to believe that this legislative procedure is all but written in stone. I think we would be well advised to do some research. The filibuster is not one of the senate’s rules of …
We’re hearing a lot about new state laws that will have the effect of suppressing the vote of some minority voters around the country. If we believe all we hear some of the state legislatures are passing these laws under the guise of tightening up the state’s election security provisions. Now, we should all be …
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and …
Almost exactly two hundred and forty five years ago our Founding Fathers were assembled in Philadelphia as the Second Continental Congress. Their proceedings were called to order on May 10th, 1775 with twelve of the thirteen colonies represented. This Second Continental Congress would become the de facto National Government going forward. Hostilities had broken out …
Yesterday, January 6th, 2021, Our President showed us just how far he would go to overthrow our Federal Government and remain in power. Yesterday was the culmination of his lies that all led us to the events we witnessed. He stoked the flames of radical insurrection in his legions of supporters and invited them to …
With all the turmoil and chaos we have been living with for the last four years, most of our fellow Americans are exhausted emotionally. With all the anxiety and fear that we have been subjected to in 2020 by the Coronavirus, it is hard to imagine a reason for any American not to have an …
As the Presidential Election of 2020 draws closer, we hear more and more talk of how the President might hang on to the office beyond January 20th, 2021 even if he loses the election. President Trump has actually said to reporters that he might not accept the results of the election. Those reporters and other …
Perhaps you are one of the people that think it would be fair to make Washington D.C. a State. Then the people who live there would be able to have Representatives in the House of Representatives and Senators in the Senate just like all the current fifty States. After all, we’re all supposed to be …
These last few days I find my mind wandering around the thought that the Founding Fathers never saw this coming. I’m having trouble maintaining my focus because I have read widely about their visions for the government they were designing and the robustness of their plans while encountering similarly broad examples of dysfunction. Was their …
