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The latest episode of ABC’s Designated Survivor made it abundantly clear that the conspiracy element of this show is merely a thin patina of intrigue allowing the writers to wipe away Republican congressional majorities and fantasize about the “progress” they could be making in the wake of a massive crisis. The April 12 episode doubled down on last week’s anti-gun rhetoric, mentioning “background checks” once every 3.8 minutes.

Remember the Cornhusker Kickback? It was a giveaway to Nebraska brokered in order to secure the vote of one of its senators for Obamacare. After word of the scam broke, pressure mounted on Congress to drop the provision, which it eventually did.

Mr. Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, displayed his pugilistic instincts as he steered an economic stimulus package and the Affordable Care Act to passage.

Mr. Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, displayed his pugilistic instincts as he steered an economic stimulus package and the Affordable Care Act to passage.

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said "he felt nothing but admiration for Nelson, who had told Reid the health care vote could end his career in politics," the author of

May 7, 2021 JASON: Lots of stuff coming up on this Friday of the Rush Limbaugh program, including this whole notion of Congress reviving earmarks. Now, Rush just told you about the public versus the private sector, and there is a fundamental difference between the public versus private sector. It’s called market discipline. The public sector has zero market discipline. They have political discipline. That’s how you get bridges to nowhere and the Cornhusker Kickback and all the rest. The ans...

By Premiere Networks May 7, 2021 JASON: Lots of stuff coming up on this Friday of the Rush Limbaugh program, including this whole notion of Congress reviving earmarks. Now, Rush just told you about the public versus the private sector, and there is a fundamental difference between the public versus private sector. Its called market discipline. The public sector has zero market discipline. They have political discipline. Thats how you get bridges to nowhere and the Cornhusker Kickback and all t...

  How much do you want to bet that Sotomayor or Kagan called Obama and told him how the Obamcare vote was going? President Obama’s speech today was fantastical as he spoke from the Rose Garden. He said that Obamacare will be upheld because to do otherwise would be an “unprecedented, extraordinary step” of judicial activism. All of a sudden he cares about judicial activism even though he appointed Justices Kagan and Stotomayor to do just that. Of course that is an absurd statement since ...

It’s another example of the rich—well-heeled corporate lobbyists—getting richer as government expands further under the new administration.