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Kill Bill

Posted on September 17, 2017 by Drinks and Wings

On September 30, the budget reconciliation process ends. This means the GOP will no longer have the ability to pass an Obamacare repeal and replace plan on only 51 votes (requiring zero Democratic support in Congress). Beginning in October, the Senate will once again require 60 votes to pass similar legislation.

Like Skynet losing the future war, the GOP is preparing to turn the tide by sending one last terminator back in time… in the form of the Graham-Cassidy health care plan.

Credit: Orion Pictures

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Made in America

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Drinks and Wings

Like the Trump administration’s previously themed weeks, “Made in America” failed to take the media by storm, concluding with the President’s Mar-a-Lago Club applying for 70 additional visas for foreign workers. However, it was another failure which overshadowed the White House’s attempt to control the media narrative: Donald Trump’s negotiating of health care reform.

Credit: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

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The Judge

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Drinks and Wings

At age 79, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has passed away of natural causes. Scalia’s influence and decision making within the Supreme Court has had a dramatic impact on our society.

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986, Scalia was the first Italian-American to join the Supreme Court. However, the country may have been better served if Stallone’s Marion ‘Cobra’ Cobretti had been appointed instead.

Credit: Warner Bros.

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The Net

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Drinks and Wings

While President Obama advocated for net neutrality this week, the Republican Party seemingly worked overtime to prove this meme may be accurate.

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Revenge of the Sith

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Drinks and Wings

Watching the Republicans deflect blame to the Democrats for last week’s government shutdown is like listening to Leatherface claim to be a humanitarian.

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Die Harder

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Drinks and Wings

The Republican Party finally accomplished something! Sure, it may not have been the passing of a new jobs bill or funding for our nation’s crumbling infrastructure, but not every Republican-controlled House can say they shut down the government!

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Friday

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Drinks and Wings

History seems to be repeating itself in Washington, whether it is the debt ceiling, the fiscal cliff or now, the subject of sequestration. I am predicting another last minute (poor) deal or extension to avoid drastic spending cuts from going into effect, but the real question is: why does this keep happening?

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Working Girl

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Drinks and Wings

Yesterday saw the Republicans block yet another bill that would have assisted the American public.

Sponsored by Senator Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, the Paycheck Fairness Act included the following:
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