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Where’s the Fire? The Rush to a Unfinished Stimulus Plan.

5 February 2008

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I try not to politicize too much on taxgirl.com but the circus that is Congress and the White House trying to agree on an economic stimulus plan is really getting out of hand. In a move [...]

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Costly Immigration Bill Dies

28 June 2007

And just like that, the Senate voted no on the controversial immigration bill.
Even worse, there were signals that the bill would not be revived again until 2008 – not coincidentally after the next round of elections.
This was a major blow to President Bush, who had made this a priority. In response, Bush said, “The [...]

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The Greening of the Senate

20 June 2007

From the popularity of Al Gore’s uber-Power Point “An Inconvenient Truth” to the explosion of hybrid and energy efficient vehicles, the US population is paying more attention to the environment. And Congress is finally catching on (well, sort of).
One of the driving forces behind the interest in going green is the increase in oil [...]

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FF To Go To Jail?

12 June 2007

No, not Paris and Nicole.
Italia and Jack. As in Italia Federici, president (still!) of the Council of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy (CREA), and Jack Abramoff.
Federici has entered a guilty plea to one count of income tax evasion and one count of obstructing the U.S. Senate’s investigation into Jack A. Abramoff’s corruption activities. CREA [...]

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