But this is the precedent. He gets to decide when we're in recess. We were talking this morning about how there was no Democrat standing up [against this] and would [former West Virginia Sen.] Robert Byrd have stood up. We think Robert Byrd would have...

Shapiro depicts a Senate consisting of able public servants from both major parties who legislated on a bipartisan basis to serve the national interest. Howard Baker, Birch Bayh, Lloyd Bentsen, Robert Byrd, Frank Church, Bob Dole, Tom Eagleton, Barry...

No spending. No nominations. Every single bill is read, every single word. There are a thousand procedural moves that can be made by any one senator to tie the place in knots. And that is what must happen until Obama rescinds his appointments. This is...

And while Mr. Manchin is seen in the halls of the Senate as a swing vote -- someone who could be in handy for Mr. McConnell if he should become majority leader next year -- Mr. McConnell would be more than pleased to see Mr. Manchin lose the seat once...

That’s rich, I’m sure both men would have much to say about that. Manchin being an ardent Obama supporter; he supported Obamacare, he supports cap-and-trade (disastrous as that is for West Virginia.) and, during his campaign for Robert Byrd’s unexpired...

iPod filled with his own verbal vomit? Remember the beer summit picture of Obama, Gates and the cop? Obama was walking ahead, while the cop who arrested Gates was helping the elderly Gates down the steps. Several sites contrasted that picture with...