Month: January 2009

Understanding the Game at a High Level

Yesterday, the Democrats stripped provisions of the stimulus package that would have provided family planning funding for Medicaid and money to refurbish the National Mall’s lawn. These were not necessary concessions, but...

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U.S. East- Open Discussion

We have a GOP candidate for Gillibrand’s seat: Republican Party leaders Tuesday tapped Assemblyman James Tedisco as their nominee in an upcoming special election to fill Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s (D-N.Y.) vacated House...

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Saving Private Banks

It ain’t going to be as easy as making a Steven Speilberg movie with Tom Hanks, that much I can assure you: . . . The health of many banks is getting worse, not better, as the downturn makes it difficult for all kinds of...

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