Polish Rules

It's 2 PM. Do You Know Where Your Senators Are?

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

Carl Pope

It's scandalous that the Republican leadership thinks they can get away with shutting down the U.S. government because they lost the last election. It's also fundamentally undemocratic.

"Polish Rules" and Health Care

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

Carl Pope

The routine use of the filibuster in the last 15 years marks the acceptance of "Polish rules" (the ability of a small minority to say "no" to anything) as a given in the U.S. Senate.