Pierre Poilievre, periodically interrupted…
I’m pretty sure there’s nothing better than a Pierre Poilievre, periodically interrupted… By definition, a filibuster is a prolonged speech; however, the intent of a filibuster, as a political procedure,…
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Senator Ted Cruz gone crazy
He is one of those tea-baggers. He spoke for 23 hours in the U.S senate to block Obamacare. Amongst developed world U.S has about the worst healthcare system. The Obamacare…
In Texas, do male fetuses masturbate?
Apparently, some think so: And a Texas congressman claimed, incorrectly, that male fetuses of 15 weeks have been observed to masturbate, thus making abortion wrong. Tabatha Southey sums up the…
Will the Democrats Fix the U.S. Senate Today?
There’s a window that is open today that will be closed tomorrow and, by the time it closes, we’ll know if the Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate has the…
Not with a bang, but a whimper #nlpoli
The longest filibuster in Newfoundland and Labrador legislative history ended quietly Saturday morning. This was the second filibuster this year and the Telegram’s legislative reported posed a simple question via…
Let’s do nothing in the US Senate just a little bit longer
Lindsay Graham For years I have decried the broken US Senate and its rules – exacerbated by the filibuster – that make it a hopelessly ineffective body that, through its…
A Vigil for Our Budget
Tonight, today, right now, MPs are in parliament for an unprecedented marathon of voting on proposed changes and deletions to the omnibus budget bill C-38. If you’ve been sleeping under…
A Vigil for Our Budget
Tonight, today, right now, MPs are in parliament for an unprecedented marathon of voting on proposed changes and deletions to the omnibus budget bill C-38. If you’ve been sleeping under…