Please, Congress, Do Much Less
Unpack the assumption behind the stories about congressional productivity, and you find a bias toward statism: the notion that government action is inherently good, and that more government action is inherently better.
Law & Government
Bill de Blasio Has to Pay NYC a $9 Registration Fee to Become Mayor, But What About the Unrequired Inaugurations?
De Blasio getting inaugurated twice
Rhode Island May See More Pension Struggles in 2014
Repayments of loans connected to Curt Schilling's failed video game also source of debate
ACLU Files New Suit Regarding NSA Snooping
Trying to get information about what happens to data NSA collects
SEC Investigating Calif. Public Pension Fund Purchases
Allegations of possible insider trading
Dozens of Federal Tax Breaks Set to Expire
But may be renewed retroactively, as they are every year, creating all sorts of business uncertainty
Obama Wants "Emergency" Extension of Unemployment Benefits After Signing Spending Bill That Has It Expiring Today For 1.3 Million People
Took a break from his Hawaii vacation
Does the Bell Toll for Excessive Public Pay?
Increasingly, the public may be seeing that the problem isn't a handful of officials who illegally gamed the system, but a system that allows a powerful minority to legally game the majority.
Veterans and Lawmakers Pushing To Prevent Military Benefits Cuts
Obama signed the spending bill implementing the changes yesterday
Don't Let Other Countries Declare War For America
The American people should know that a pending bill could commit the United States to go to war against Iran.
Obama Says Congress Needs To Do More on Guantanamo Bay
Lawmakers have already eased restrictions on transferring detainees
Virginia Bill Would Ban 'Political Retaliation' by State Lawmakers
Result of threats made against a PAC because of its endorsement
Congress Looks to Push for More Foreign Adoptions
Of course, they're doing so by considering making more bureaucracy
Even Santa Can't Survive the Red Tape
Sooner or later, if we restrain the regulators, the market might even produce flying sleighs.
NSA Panel To Appear Before Senate Committee on Reform Proposals
Review panel has made 46 recommendations
Sen. Wyden in Line to Replace Baucus as Finance Committee Chair
Notable critic of NSA behavior
Family of Man Killed by LAPD after Car Chase to Sue for $20 Million
Was unarmed; shooting aired on live television
Pro-Gun Group Unhappy About Brown as Possible NH Candidate
Leans a little too left on gun control for some's liking
Bay Area Special Needs Student Abuse Case Settled for $8 Million
Teacher accused of physical, emotional and verbally mistreating them
Detroit May Sue Banks to Get Better Debt Deal
Over controversial credit swap meant to deal with pension problems
Yellen Set Up for Confirmation Vote in January
Only five Senate Republicans support putting her name to vote
Obama Formally Nominates Baucus as Ambassador to China
Had been revealed earlier in the week
The NSA Recommendations: Preventing Turnkey Totalitarianism
The White House panel's recommendations for NSA reform are a start, but more needs to be done-and soon.
Slouching Toward Bankruptcy
The longer Washington puts off Social Security reform, the worse the shock will be.
Senate Passes Latest Defense Biill, Includes Measures Against Sexual Assault in the Military
Not even sex assault officers have been immune from sex assault allegations
Sen. Majority Leader Reid Joins Call to Change Name of Washington Redskins
Should be more concerns about sports subsidies
Gym Teacher Claims He Was Fired for Being Straight, Having Family
Says athletic director biased in favor of younger women with no children
