We were SLAMMED by reddit today, so my apologies about the site not being accessible. That’s what happens when you get 3,000 page views per hour. In any event, I’m working with our dev team to optimize the site in a variety of different ways so it doesn’t happen again. Thanks for sticking with us.
Pretty self explanatory. A site dedicated to searching through all the 1,500+ pages of the new stimulus bill. Here’s a sample… 1/23 Bill Text: PDF/TXT 1/22 Approved Amends: PDF/TXT 1/21 Telecom Amends: PDF/TXT 1/16 Tax Provisions: PDF/TXT 1/16 Health & Insur.: PDF/TXT 1/16 Energy Amends: PDF/TXT 1/15 Committee Report: PDF/TXT 1/15 Bill Text: PDF/TXT Now, [...]
This should be welcome news for all of you Federalists. From NY Times: WASHINGTON — President Obama will direct federal regulators on Monday to move swiftly on an application by California and 13 other states to set strict automobile emission and fuel efficiency standards, two administration officials said Sunday. The directive makes good on an [...]
The following story about DHL from 60 Minutes is absolutely heartbreaking. And people really think we can fix the economy with tax breaks? This is going to get a lot worse.
Just when I didn’t think I could be shocked by the previous administration’s decisions… From Wash Post: President Obama’s plans to expeditiously determine the fates of about 245 terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and quickly close the military prison there were set back last week when incoming legal and national security officials — [...]
I like the idea in theory, but I always thought that Governors replaced Senators because it’s too costly to have special elections and somebody needs to serve in the interim. Still, this seems like the type of amendment that could easily garner bi-partisan support. From Political Wire: The controversies surrounding some of the recent gubernatorial [...]
Yes, Obama’s approval numbers are extremely high right now… So what’s the big deal? These numbers will come down as his presidency moves forward, right? Well, sure, but when looked at in historical context they provide an interesting glimpse into what he can get done in the near term. Especially when compared to Reagan in [...]
The economy is at the topic du jour once again. Take a look… I wrote yesterday about Republicans needing ideas other than tax cuts, and that was based on what John Boehner said during the broadcast. And, as reported elsewhere, they can’t continue to expect Americans to support tax cuts for the wealthy. It simply [...]
Obama signaled early on that he’d do this and with Geithner’s nomination all but certain, the tough work of making sure banks don’t get “too big to fail” will begin soon enough. From NY Times: Broad new outlines of the administration’s agenda have begun to emerge in recent interviews with officials, in confirmation proceedings of [...]
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