Becker says "it's really up to Congress."

Talwani: It's up to Congress because USDA chose not to use the Section 32 funds. "It's hard to see how it's not just being used as a leverage point."

"People are hungry right now."

Even though a deal is near, she says, you aren't willing to reconsider.

… so much so that she is considering issuing her own order against the Trump administration.

The most insane thing about it is that the recorded version on Summertime Dream was the first time the band played the song. Not their first studio take, their first time ever playing it together.

I need a cheeky ditty about the Oceangate Titan and Stockton Rush's hubris

All the Edmund Fitzgeraldposting today feels like people stealing my special interest in wrecks and disasters

::85 years after Washington's death::

George Washington actually loved it when Congress was useless, it was his favorite thing.

Here is a fun fact: the "cooling saucer of democracy" quote is almost certainly as apocryphal as the cherry tree story, being first attested to in the 1880s.

Makes you wonder who it was that had cause to praise congressional gridlock and stagnation in the late 19th century exactly

Here is a fun fact: the "cooling saucer of democracy" quote is almost certainly as apocryphal as the cherry tree story, being first attested to in the 1880s.

Makes you wonder who it was that had cause to praise congressional gridlock and stagnation in the late 19th century exactly

I think he will do the vote, because like Bernie said it won’t do anything and the House won’t let it come up