The Senate voted to return some degree of democracy to that chamber. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid allowed a simple majority of the Senate to approve allowing Presidential nominations (other than for the Supreme Court) to be approved by a simple majority of Senators. The response to this feared “nuclear option” was, well, just more of the same passive filibustering by the minority opposition refusing to allow the Defense authorization bill to advance. Requiring a “talking filibuster” to hold up any legislation in the Senate should be the next rule change.
Last week also saw a major step forward for
Obamacare. House
Speaker John Boehner enrolled in a health insurance plan through an online
healthcare marketplace. The world didn’t
end. No one lost their job. And the government did not get between
Speaker Boehner and his doctor. Take
notice Obamacare-haters. Your leader
willingly and successfully enrolled in Obamacare.
Below are some pics from my meeting last week with
Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy Daniel Poneman in Charleston. The bottom pic includes Sandy Bridges, owner of Palmetto Hammock (49 S Market St, Charleston) and big supporter of our sea level rise education project (SCBARS.org) for small businesses.
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