But the summer after his brother Dale had graduated from high school, he invited young Harry to join him in Ash Fork, a tiny dot in Arizona along Highway 40. Dale had found work at a gas station in the railroad town near an Indian reservation. Not much was memorable about the town, the railroad, or the people Harry met, but he never forgot one lesson he learned there.
To say the U.S. Senate has grown dysfunctional is like suggesting water is wet or the nighttime sky is dark. The institution that fancies itself the world's greatest deliberative body is supposed to serve as a cooling saucer that tempers the more hotheaded House, applying weight and wisdom as it addresses the Great Issues of Our Time. Instead, it's devolved into an unsightly mess of gridlock and partisan hackery.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is now "open to changes" to the filibuster, as he told reporters after breakfast. Cornyn is facing two primary challengers and has been wooing Trump's endorsement. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) posted on X: "We KNOW Democrats will nuke the filibuster as soon as they're able to solidify their grip on power. We should act first in order to pass laws that benefit the AMERICAN people." Retiring Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) also posted support: "BLOW UP THE FILIBUSTER."
The power needs to go to the president and let him get something done. If we don't, we're going to lose our country. It's going to be over with. So he's got three years, he's the last Trump that we'll have in office, he's hard nosed, he believes in this country, let's give him some support. If he wants to blow up the filibuster, I'm all for it.
You left out that I said I have no respect for the House not being in session passing our bills and the President's executive orders. And I demanded to know from Speaker Johnson what the Republican plan for healthcare is to build the off-ramp off Obamacare and the ACA tax credits to make health insurance affordable for Americans. Johnson said he's got ideas and pages of policy ideas
Republicans hold 53 seats and could end the government shutdown or advance other GOP priorities without any Democratic votes if they nuked the filibuster. Driving the news: "Because of the fact that the Democrats have gone stone cold 'crazy,' the choice is clear - initiate the 'nuclear option,' get rid of the filibuster and make America great again!"
It was midnight in the Texas Capitol, and everyone was waiting for Democratic Sen. Carol Alvarado. They wanted to know if she'd filibuster H.B. 4, the Donald Trump-pushed gerrymandering legislation that aims to gain five more Republican seats in the U.S. Congress. The state Senate had just reconvened after a three-hour dinner break called by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. Alvarado, who'd filibustered for over 15 hours in opposition to a voter-suppression bill in 2021, was armed with comfortable sneakers,
