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Kudos to Congress

Kudos to Congress

Everyone notices when Congress fails to do its job (for example, the government shutdown). It’s important to notice when they do things right. Over the past few weeks, the House passed a bipartisan compromise budget that will avoid going from crisis to crisis for the next two years. The Senate changed its rules to reduce abuse of the filibuster. And despite a lot of counterproductive rhetori... »

Flamm commends Senate for reining in filibuster abuse

Flamm commends Senate for reining in filibuster abuse

Matt Flamm, Candidate for Palatine Township Democratic Committeeman, wrote this letter to the Daily Herald: Cokie and Steve Roberts are half right (“Fallout from the ‘nuclear option’ in the Senate,” 12/3/13). They correctly say that “Republicans were totally unjustified in using the filibuster to block three of President Obama’s eminently qualified nominees to t... »