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  1. 2025 US House special elections - Straight Dope

    Feb 16, 2025 · This was partly due to a state senate seat flipping in Pennsylvania and partly due to a poll showing the D in FL06 was doing lots better than Trump’s result there. There’ll be two other …

  2. What's a Filibuster, or Can the Senate really just "change the rules"

    Nov 6, 2025 · The Constitution says the senate can make it’s own rules (text of constitution) on how the Senate is run by a simple majority (case law). What is a filibuster? In the Senate, there are two steps …

  3. So what does the 4.5 trillion dollar house bill actually mean

    Feb 27, 2025 · So the house passed a bill 217-215 that can cut taxes by up to 4.5 trillion and cut spending by up to 2 trillion over the next 10 years. My understanding is those numbers are …

  4. Has Kristi Noem commited impeachable offenses? - Straight Dope

    Jun 19, 2025 · Let’s move beyond An official can be impeached for anything the House decides. Instead, the person must have actually committed a high crime or misdemeanor. and to not fight the …

  5. Why are Democrats being blamed for the shutdown?

    Oct 8, 2025 · Please help the confused Canadian. The US government is shutting down because appropriations haven’t been passed. The Republicans hold a majority in the House of …

  6. Generics vs brand name breakfast cereals - Straight Dope

    Jan 5, 2025 · I’ve recently been told I need to get more iron in my diet and started looking at breakfast cereals as a no-effort way to do that. It turns out that, at least with adult-oriented cereals, there can …

  7. The 22nd Amendment. Solved: how "serve" became "elected"

    Nov 29, 2025 · I pulled this from the Congressional Record from 10 March 1947. The Committee on the Judiciary, which was the committee in charge of the proposed amendment, made a few changes that …

  8. Epstein Files => Trump Impeachment & Conviction? - Straight Dope

    Nov 10, 2025 · I know this is highly speculative right now so maybe we will all spitball then the thread goes on hiatus until the files are released. I’ll start off the assumption that the House & Senate are …

  9. To allow Congress to reverse the judgments of the United States …

    May 5, 2004 · The political tides could quite easily lead to a Democratic majority House and Senate and a Democratic Prez (possibly within the year—none of the three are an unreasonable stretch, …

  10. The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues - Page 451 - The ...

    Oct 25, 2025 · The House remains out of session amid the ongoing shutdown that began on Oct. 1. Ahead of the shutdown, the House passed a continuing resolution to fund the government beyond …