The U.S. Senate Rules Committee held a hearing on S1905 on September 19. One can read the statements of the 4 witnesses at this link. Three witnesses testified in favor of S1905, which tells the states and the major parties … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On September 19, Congressman Ron Paul introduced a bill, outlawing restrictive ballot access laws for minor party and independent candidates for the U.S. House. He had previously introduced this bill in past sessions of Congress. Before he had done so, … Continue reading
Alan Greenspan’s new book, The Age of Turbulence, published earlier this month, contains these quotes: “The eventual dominance of the Republicans in southern state politics brought the two major parties to numerical parity but, in the process, induced an ideological … Continue reading
The Arkansas Libertarian Party has 1,964 signatures on its petition to qualify the party for the presidential ballot. Only 1,000 are required. The party will turn them in before the end of the month. This will be the first petition … Continue reading
On September 18, the U.S. Senate was unable to vote on S1257 due to a filibuster. A motion to stop the filibuster received 57 votes, but it needed 60 to succeed. S1257 would have expanded the U.S. House from 435 … Continue reading