WMTW News 8 (Portland, ME) PORTLAND, Maine – U.S. Senate candidate and former Maine Gov. Angus King and former gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler joined together to support a bill that would tie congressional pay to the federal budget. King and Cutler both spoke in support of the “No Budget, No Pay” legislation at the “No …
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Former U.S. Sen. George V. Voinovich, an Ohio Republican, tonight will conduct a town hall teleconference to discuss solutions to the nation’s dysfunctional budget process. Voinovich will join members of No Labels, a bipartisan government reform group, in advocating a so-called “No Budget, No Pay” bill that would withhold pay from members of Congress until …
As if you needed any more proof that Washington is broke and broken, check out these statistics from the 112th Congress: More than 6,700 bills were proposed, most of them involving some form of spending. Approximately 138 budget reform bills have been introduced. 132 of those budget reform bills failed to receive a hearing. Of …
In 1957, Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina decided to filibuster a civil rights voting act, even though his fellow Southerners had already agreed to a compromise. For the next 24 hours and 18 minutes, speaking softly so he wouldn’t lose his voice, Thurmond read each state’s election laws, the nation’s founding documents and anything …
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This week, No Labels, the Boston College chapter of a national organization dedicated to creating change in the American government, co-sponsored Rock the Vote week. No Labels was seen on campus publicizing their group, informing students about the organization, and handing out free pins, stickers, and t-shirts as a part of the Rock the Vote …
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