Author: Atlas

Late last night Harry Reid took the Senate floor to advance a motion to shut down debate on the Boxer Climate Tax bill, also know as “cap-and-trade.” Reid’s “cloture” motion, if successful, will have the effect of silencing the bill’s critics in the Senate. After cloture is adopted, no amendments to the bill will be […]

Is Barbara Boxer’s bill dead on arrival? The Senate is debating the much-hyped bill this week and next week, but already Democrats and the bill’s moderate GOP backers are floundering. Roll Call reports: In the heat of Monday afternoon, Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) fumbled with her kickoff speech on global […]

We all know Republicans are in a heap of trouble. The question though is do they? Members of the House of Representatives seem to be getting the point. From the top down there have been conservative, back-to-basics proposals coming out of the House. John Boehner began to move after the Gingrich-memo to adopt some of […]