Douglas Alexander: “is there a limit on the amount of time I may speak? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator needs consent to speak, as the…”

Ours are: Let's get the spending off the bill that does not create jobs now. My staff finds that only about $135 billion of the $900 billion goes to things that happen in the first couple of years--building roads, improving national parks…

On Tuesday, a couple million people here and millions all over the world watched an eloquent ceremony from our Nation's Capital, the very moving speech by President Obama, and were reassured by his eloquence in a time of difficulty for our…

One of the things that I think we misjudged in the May elections was assuming that because of the really poor governing outcomes that the SNP have had in recent years, that would have a dampening effect on their support and on their vote.

Or to put it another way: Don't dump the water out on the street and fertilize the field if you need to throw it on the house.