Heidi Heitkamp Sides With Reid In Minimum Wage Hike Fight
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants to raise the national minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, and he’s not backing down in the Senate. One of his stalwart supporters, North Dakota Senator Heidi...
View ArticleKeystone Bill Fizzles As Three Democrat Senators Flip Flop
Earlier today I wrote a post wondering if Democrats who say they want to build the Keystone pipeline really want to build it, or if it’s just a convenient contrast point with President Obama for...
View ArticleOuch: Heidi Heitkamp Turning On Harry Reid?
Senator Heidi Heitkamp was a major beneficiary of (now lame duck) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s campaign largesse in 2012. In addition to $10,000 in contributions made directly to Heitkamp’s...
View ArticleHeitkamp Votes Against Reid As Minority Leader
In what was apparently a heated closed-door caucus meeting Senator Harry Reid was re-elected to his leadership post for the incoming Demcorat minority in the Senate. But one person who didn’t support...
View ArticleHeidi Heitkamp’s Posturing As The Senate’s New Swing Vote Is Hard To Buy
While election night was an ugly one for most Democrats, it seems to have opened up an opportunity for rabidly ambitious Senator Heidi Heitkamp. Ever since the votes were tallied Heitkamp has been...
View ArticleRepublicans Should Help Restore Bipartisanship By Bringing Back The Filibuster
About a year ago Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid changed the rules in the Senate to remove the filibuster for confirming appointments. What was worse was how he did it. Normally rule changes in the...
View ArticleRod St. Aubyn: New Congress, Same Gridlock
At the federal level we have faced continued gridlock during the past few years. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid famously refused to take up hundreds of House-passed bills, several with bipartisan...
View ArticleWith Filibuster Vote Heitkamp Proves To Be A Loyal, Bought-Off Partisan
So much for Heidi Heitkamp’s self-described “independence.” The candidate campaigned on being anything but a loyal liberal partisan, but in her first big test Heitkamp did exactly what Senate Majority...
View ArticleHeitkamp Says No To Manchin-Toomey Gun Control Bill
After much waffling, Senator Heidi Heitkamp has finally said no to the Manchin-Toomey gun control bill. Here’s the Senator’s press release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp released...
View ArticleHeidi Heitkamp’s Good Friend Harry Reid Has Some Major Ethical Problems
In terms of outside spending in the 2012 Senate race in North Dakota – spending, that is, that came from places other than the candidates themselves – there was no single person who had more of an...
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