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Department of Defense Looks to Increase Spending

Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale announced this week via Business Week that the Department of Defense (DoD) would be incr...
July 7, 2010

Term Limits and Congress

At every job I've had, there has always been that one person who’s been working there forever. They're not the boss, but...
July 1, 2010

Financial Reform Gets Mixed Reviews

Lawmakers pulled an all-nighter Friday working feverishly to reach a compromise financial reform bill that can pass both...
June 28, 2010

House Won't Pass Budget Until After Elections

In a clever political move, House Democrats announced Tuesday that they will not pass a fiscal 2011 budget this session...
June 23, 2010

Line Item Veto...Good Idea, Bad Idea

It happened. It took nearly 17 months, but President Obama finally has an idea worth supporting...
May 28, 2010

When Your Loophole Is a Noose

Taxpayers, bailout funders, rejoice! Congress is expected to vote on the long-awaited reform of the financial industry so...
May 12, 2010

The Republican Party's Very Own Rubber Room

Two years ago, This American Life, a weekly radio program produced by Chicago Public Radio, aired a story on their show t...
April 26, 2010

House Passes Landmark Health Care Reform

After a long day of debate, procedure, and political wrangling, the House of Representatives passed large-scale health ca...
March 22, 2010

Madame Speaker, What’s Your Agenda?

Nancy Pelosi’s job as Speaker of the House is to set the legislative agenda: she decides what bills go up for vote and wh...
March 15, 2010

The Final Push for Health Care

On March 11, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wrote a letter to Minority Leader Mitch McConnell officially announcing th...
March 15, 2010

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