On: 09/21/2010 19:24:36 In: Uncategorized By Rebekah Rast For those who think November 2nd marks the end of this current Congress, think again. Congress faces a laundry list of items it needs to address before it adjourns to prepare for elections. Most likely, Congress will run out of […]
On: 09/21/2010 19:26:18 In: Appointments By Bill Wilson When Congress adjourned for recess in August, Senate rules required unanimous consent to hold over nominations made by Barack Obama, or else the nominations would be returned. For controversial judicial nominees Goodwin Liu and Robert Chatigny, that embarrassingly resulted in […]
On: 09/22/2010 21:02:50 In: Uncategorized ALG Editor’s Note: In the following featured column from The Insider , the Goldwater Institute’s Benjamin Barr reminds us why debt limits are a good thing: Why States Have Debt Limits By Benjamin Barr With the westward expansion of the 19th century came canals and railroads—two highly expensive forms […]
On: 09/22/2010 21:03:16 In: Taxes By David Bozeman Do tax cuts really create jobs? According to columnist Froma Harrop, not necessarily. Democrats, of course, find themselves in a tight spot — by not extending the Bush tax cuts, they are effectively raising taxes. But most would […]
On: 09/22/2010 21:04:45 In: Economy By Robert Romano “There are no American soldiers in Baghdad,” Iraq’s Information Minister famously proclaimed on then Iraqi state-run media, even as U.S. forces were descending into the capital city after Operation Iraqi Freedom began in March 2003. It was one of the […]
On: 09/23/2010 21:30:24 In: Appointments By Rick Manning On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee pushed back consideration of the nomination of Judge Robert Chatigny for a lifetime appointment to fill the Second Circuit Court of Appeals seat vacated when Sonia Sotomayor was elevated to the Supreme Court, delaying […]
