UMW faces pension shortfall
Congressman Rahall, with the support of union and management, has introduced legislation to provide funding for the UMW pension trust I work for.
Ken Is Speaking Blog
Some Gaffes Aren’t Gaffes
When you carefully read from prepared remarks to state a belief you and many other congressman share (and are privately unrepentant about), it’s not a gaffe. And it certainly doesn’t compare to anything the...
Some Gaffes Aren’t Gaffes
When you carefully read from prepared remarks to state a belief you and many other congressman share (and are privately unrepentant about), it’s not a gaffe.
Patronage
Matt Yglesias has a good point on low-level political appointees for jobs that don’t need politicians and/or don’t need input from a filibuster-happy Senate. Here’s a few of the jobs the Senate confirmed: —...
Patronage
Matt Yglesias has a good point on low-level political appointees for jobs that don’t need politicians and/or don’t need input from a filibuster-happy Senate.
Running Off With Victory
Chris Cilliza made a pretty pithy attack on run-off elections the other day, basically dismissing them as either relics of a pre-Jim-Crow South or an unnecessary burden on state election officials. However, I think...
Running Off With Victory
Chris Cilliza made a pretty pithy attack on run-off elections the other day, basically dismissing them as either relics of a pre-Jim-Crow South or an unnecessary burden on state election officials.