I understand that regional offices and constituent services are very important for members of Congress who actually want to communicate with their districts. Home offices are not necessarily cheap, and they need decent staff to run smoothly. Still, while these things are important, they are not as important...
Four dimes, a nickel and a penny. That is how much the government is going to be borrowing for every dollar it is spending this year, according to new estimates . In the battle over federal spending, conservatives oftentimes have an admittedly hard time portraying how much taxpayer money in real dollars...
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John Hanlon
on 05-13-2009
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It’s A Stimulus Stupid! Part Two! Last week when I left all you wonderful viewers we were talking about the alternative minimum tax increase found in the American Recover and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Now it is our duty to move on and uncover more of the nonsense that was passed off as “stimulating...
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AIP Admin
on 05-12-2009
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Recently, most spending bills going through Congress have been defined by the massive amount of money being spent by the federal government in its attempts to stimulate the economy. In a change of pace, the U.S. Senate passed a spending reform bill last week sponsored by Sen. Carl Levi, D-Mich., and...
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Megan Herring
on 05-11-2009
Filed under: senate, congress, spending, military spending, weapons acquisition