A Housing Bill of Horrors
In response to the housing crisis, the American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 (H.R. 3221) passed in the House (272-152)...
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Former Senator Jesse Helms Passes Away on July 4
On July 4 of this year, an old patriot passed away. Former five-term North...
Warrantless-search Legislation Moves Forward
The bill amending the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) would allow the government to...
Senate Climate Change Bill Crashes
On Monday, June 2, the U.S. Senate began deliberating on the Climate Security Act...
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Oops! California Democrat Leaks Desire to Nationalize Oil
During a recent hearing of the House Judiciary Committee dealing with rising oil prices,...
Is Former Speaker Hastert’s New Lobbyist Job a Turkish Payoff?
The Washington, D.C., lobbying law firm Dickstein Shapiro announced on May 31 that former...
Minnesota and Alaska Legislatures Reject Real ID
In May Minnesota and Alaska became the eighth and ninth states whose legislatures have...
Climate-change Bill Would Devastate Families and Industries
Undeterred by record cold temperatures worldwide for the winter of 2007-2008 and recent admissions...
The DNA Train Has Left the Station
The passage of two recent bills — by both the Senate and the House,...
Congress Reverses Posse Comitatus Act Changes
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (H.R. 4986), which Congress passed...
Volcker’s UN Whitewash
“The first and most important point to make about the preliminary report on corruption...
