Roll Call Dumbs Down on Jim Bunning

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  March 2nd at 11:53 AM  | 

Roll Call is dumbing down the Jim Bunning story in the Senate, calling what he is doing a filibuster. Senate Republicans sought Tuesday to insulate themselves from the damage caused by Sen. Jim Bunning’s (R-Ky.) filibuster of a bill that would extend unemployment and health benefits and highway programs. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) took to the floor Tuesday morning to ask that the Senate vote | Read More »

Read the Bill

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  October 1st at 04:50 PM  | 

Senator Bunning (R-KY) is offering legislation to require all bills be put on the internet for at least 72 hours in final form before being voted on in the Senate. The Senate Conservatives Fund, an organization near and dear to my heart (have you given them money?), has a petition on this that you should sign. From the petition: The town hall meetings in August | Read More »

Running Against Jim Bunning

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  February 24th at 11:24 AM  | 

Let’s presume just for the sake of argument that Jim Bunning needs to retire. Let’s just presume that. He hasn’t raised much money. He barely won re-election six years ago. He’s got foot in mouth disease. Let’s presume he needs to go. We should not then presume to make the mistake that David Williams is the answer. State Senate President David Williams (R) met last | Read More »