Parliamentary Rules and Filibusters

ACORN Politics

            Pearl River         Who would have imagined that lower income families would ever find themselves thankful for parliamentary rules?  Not me, for sure!  Yet, somehow, miracles never cease, and we’re getting a break from the parliamentarian of the US Senate, as she goes through the budget reconciliation pretense that powers Trump and the Republican’s …

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The Leaders Speak about Progress

ACORN

            Pearl River      Once upon a time, more than twenty years ago, when ACORN expanded internationally, we used to say it would not have been possible without email, cheaper plane fares, and Skype.  We still have email, but plane fares are hardly cheap, even though they can still get us there when we need to …

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