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Petition to Congress: Tell Texas Board of Education to fly right correctly
E-mail from the Texas Freedom Network: Tell Your Congress Member to Support Education over Politics The Texas Freedom Network and the Texas Faith Network this week joined nearly two dozen national...
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Quote of the moment: President asks the Senate Majority Leader for help on...
In a letter to the Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate, the President wrote: This letter is to ask for your help and support, and that of your colleagues, in the passage of an increase in the limit on...
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Hard truths about the debt ceiling and uncertainty in the Treasury market
Two organizations provide information to Congress in an unbiased manner, with great care for accuracy and completeness of information: The Congressional Research Service (CRS), an arm of the Library...
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98% of what Republicans wanted = credit rating downgrade
House Speaker John Boehner famously said that he thought the Republicans got 98% of what they wanted in the debt ceiling agreement, crappy as it was. Then, late Friday, Standard & Poor’s announced...
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Taj Clayton, running . . . er, ran for you
Utah Policy Daily tagged this ad for Taj Clayton’s campaign as a “prime example” of good political campaigning. As of this minute, it’s got just under 33,000 hits. That’s the good news. Bad news? The...
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In Colorado, Ed Perlmutter in the 7th Congressional District . . .
In Colorado’s 7th Congressional District, anyone not voting for Ed Perlmutter needs to have their red, white and blue examined: Colorado’s 7th Congressional District Rep. Ed Perlmutter (Photo credit:...
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Cliffhanger avoidance, from Robert Reich
Economist/policy wonk/good guy Robert Reich sends along notes on the discussions in Washington (at his Facebook site, and at his personal site) (links added here for your benefit and ease of use):...
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Do Nothing GOP Congress
“Do Nothing Congress?” How about “Missing in Inaction Congress?” Photo and caption from National Journal: When the Joint Economic Committee’s hearing on fixing the nation’s long-term unemployment...
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Quote of the moment: Useless men a Congress? Not John Adams, but Peter Stone...
It’s a great line, an almost-Mark Twain-ism that makes people of all political strips smile. It’s attributed to John Adams: I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace;...
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May 6, 1882: Race and immigration policy collide
Today is the anniversary* of our nation’s first** law generally governing immigration. It’s a history we should work to change, to put behind us, to move away from. Congress passed the Chinese...
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