“Washington in gridlock!”, “Senate Filibuster!”, and other such phrases have plagued newspaper headlines for centuries in the United States, more so than ever in the last 5 years. A recent, and radical rule change in the Senate is about to change all that. A party line vote in the US Senate has changed a rule more…...
Fiscal crisis? Or the greatest federal holiday in the history of the republic? Unless the House of Representatives comes up with a spending bill the Senate and President can agree on, the United States Federal Government will run out of money, on Monday night at midnight, or, so we are told. As politicians and main…...