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New Budget
After reading the thoughts on the new budget it seems that we're going to get stuck with an increase in taxes no matter who is elected.
Death Row
Hi Guys,
i would like to know your thoughts in and around the 1000th Execution and if you think Death row should be still running as a punishment for Cerial killers, Murders, Cerial Rapist's ect. If not what do you think could be a punishment for these form of human beings.
September 29, 2008
This Week on Capitol Hill
Congress had plans to head off for the campaign trail last Friday - but it'll stick around a couple days this week to try to greenlight what is - by all accounts - the nation's largest bailout in history. As long as they're there, lawmakers may also knock out some tax extensions, as well as bills on transportation and an India nuclear energy deal.
September 22, 2008
This Week on Capitol Hill
Congress could go out with a bang this week - okaying a $700 billion safety-net for Wall Street - before hitting the campaign trail on Friday. Before they take off, though, lawmakers will have to wrap up a budget tide-over bill, while also aiming to cram in energy fixes, a second stimulus package and popular tax extenders.
The mother of all bailouts: After putting out Wall Street fires at mortgage giants Fannie and Freddie and insurance behemoth AIG, the federal government decided last week it needs to fund a bailout to end all bailouts. The administration is asking Congress to give it the go ahead to buy up to $700 billion in mortgage-backed securities (the bum debt that has finance firms teetering) over the next two years. Congress is on board, but Democrats may also add some demands of their own - like limiting the golden parachutes of CEOs - which could slow up passage of a final bill.
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September 15, 2008
This Week on Capitol Hill
Congress will have to work at lightspeed to cover its wish list - of energy fixes, economy boosts, tax extenders, defense authorization and a budget tide-over - before its target head-home date of September 26. It may end up colliding a few measures together, fusing exotic bills that can win enough votes for passage - or, of course, end up in a legislative black hole.
Energy: Both the House and Senate could unfold energy packages this week, mixing off-shore drilling measures with any number of other energy reforms, including tax breaks and cash for alternative energy development, mandates for electricity companies to use renewable energy, tighter regulation on oil speculation, heating assistance and taxes on the oil industry. First up is likely to be a House bill that allows drilling 50 miles off shore in approving states (although states wouldn't get any share in oil revenue). Hill watchers are suspicious of how genuinely the pols want to pass bipartisan legislation - versus how much the compromise bills are really about political grandstanding.
September 9, 2008
Policy Rocks Your Brain!
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This Week on Capitol Hill
Congress returns this week for an - optimistically speaking - brief stint before hitting the campaign trail full force.
The week's legislative line-up is still taking shape, but sure to be at the top of the list are:
Transparency Recap: The Warming of a Cold Climate with Alleged Corruption Connections & Much More
By Lyle Hickman, VoterWatch Staff
The last time Alaska was mentioned in our Transparency Recap, Senators Ted Stevens and John Cowerdy were named, being brought up on alleged charges of corruption with connections to VECO oils. This time, the CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington) blog titled, "Sarah Palin Ran 527, which raised corporate money, for Ted Stevens," directs our attention back to Alaska.
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