• May 27, 2012

votes

If you live in Ohio and have a poor sense of direction, you should not bother voting now. Ohio has decided that directing confused people to the correct polls is a terrible hassle, and could result in more votes that need to be counted, which is a chore! Apparently it “is the duty of the [...]

Furry Massachusetts socialist Scott Brown switched his vote to “yes” on the latest financial regulatory reform motion to proceed, after LYING to elderly Mormon vote-counter Harry Reid and voting “no” during last night’s attempt. Today’s final count was 60 to 40, just enough to break a filibuster, making Brown’s switch the deciding factor. Let’s see [...]

As we wait to see whether all 41 Republicans will hold their pledge to vote against even debating a bill to at least monitor some of Wall Street’s saddest practices, we must consider this new NRSC video, which says, “the Democrats get money from Wall Street.” Why aren’t people listening to the Republicans, who have [...]

Harry Reid got so sick of Chris Dodd and Richard Shelby dawdling all week over the two or three specific conjunctions and adverbs they need to clear up to finalize their alleged Agreement that he has gone ahead and scheduled a first cloture vote on the original Dodd committee bill for Monday, around 5 p.m. [...]

by Jim Newell  5:44 pm March 19, 2010

YOUR WONKETTE WILL BE TYPING THIS WEEKEND! On this first warm, sunny weekend in Washington, your editors have decided to forgo such Springtime activities as playing Xbox and hiding under the couch in order to cover the big House health care vote, somehow. So check in for some posts whenever the post-worthy stuff is going [...]

We should have known it when he refused to wear clothes. Scott Brown has voted with the tyrannical Democratic government majority for cloture on its “biggest economy saver ever,” the $15 billion Jobs Bill of America. Joining him in gayness are known poop lovers George Voinovich, Olympia Snowe, and Susan Collins. (UPDATE: And Christopher “Kitten” [...]

The creation of Judd Gregg and Kent Conrad’s Magical Budget Cutting Commission From Space, members of which would decide what gets cut from the budget and then tell Congress “pass this thing to save $$$,” has failed on the Senate floor, 53-46, this being one of those things needing 60 votes. It became a problem [...]

The always admirable Sen. Dick Durbin — Barack Obama’s white father — is super upset with the behavior of this health care debate’s most shameless Senate C-Streeter, Tom Coburn, a dick. He is demanding that Coburn “explain” an earlier prayer call for a Democratic senator to miss tonight’s 1 a.m. cloture vote, SOMEHOW. Hmm. Which [...]

Hark, fellow peasants, the House of Lords hath charitably queried its masters and shall permit a rather uncouth “bill of laws” to sully the golden carpets and golden chairs of its exclusive bordello of gold and money and diamonds. We are not worthy recipients of your showerings of mercy, ye angels!

by Jim Newell  5:21 pm November 19, 2009

CANCEL YOUR DISCO DANCING PLANS! Whoa it’s a Drudge Siren, who died and what was the hooker’s name? No, damnit, this is a health care update! Harry Reid has filed a motion to proceed with debate on his Senate health care bill, and a cloture vote is scheduled for 8 p.m. this Saturday. This will [...]

by Jim Newell  3:07 pm November 4, 2009

UNEMPLOYED WILL SOON BE THE RICHEST OF ALL! The Senate just passed a procedural motion to bring a bill extending unemployment benefits to a floor vote, finally, after weeks of terrible Republican ACORN amendment obstruction. Just stave off the starvation a little bit longer, welfare queens, because soon enough you’ll be able to eat those [...]

by Jim Newell  8:53 pm June 26, 2009

NOW WE WILL ALL DRIVE TREES! Whoa hey they managed to do it, the Democrats did, passing the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and SECURITY Act, 219-212 — eight Republicans voting Yea, 44 Democrats voting Naw. This sure is a “big victory” for Barack Obama! Except that it has to go to the Senate now and [...]

by Sara K. Smith  12:37 pm April 7, 2009

IOWAN-STYLE GAY MARRIAGE COMES TO VERMONT: Activist legislators have introduced mandatory gay marriage in the seat of our democracy, the tiny rural New England state of Vermont. With heterosexual marriage officially Under Peril, we will leave it to Vermont’s judges to enforce the will of the people. [AP]