In his column of May 11, Douglas Rooks made the statement that Republicans are the biggest opponents of clean election funding. The Democrats far outdo anyone in that department. Bertha Lewis has been cited for that offense several times while with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform. Rooks should get it straight. His bias […]
Douglas Rooks
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Who will miss the filibuster?
In a gridlocked Congress, there’s finally reason for a small celebration. Senate Republicans ended their obstruction of President Obama’s nominations to key federal posts when faced with the “nuclear option” of abolishing filibusters. Credit Harry Reid, the rarely decisive majority leader, with forcing Republicans’ hands. They had blocked nominees to the Department of Labor and […]
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