Archive for the ‘Bailouts’ Category
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EBT
Posted on September 20, 2011
The Electronic Benefits Transfer Card is the identification card for the SNAP/Food stamp program. It works like a credit card with a magnetic strip on the back that slides through...
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The Best Jobs Idea
Posted on August 26, 2011
Our family car is a relic. It doesn’t have XM radio. It doesn’t have sync capabilities with the iPhone. It doesn’t have a satellite navigation device. It does have an...
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Boehner Is In Fine Shape
Posted on July 27, 2011
John Boehner is doing an exceptional job as Speaker under extraordinarily tough times. When I first started working in Congress, Tom Foley had just taken over from Jim Wright as...
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The Limits of the Bully Pulpit
Posted on July 26, 2011
President Obama has not been shy lately in trying to use the power of the bully pulpit to get his way on Capitol Hill. It is not clear that his...
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CLASS Act
Posted on July 22, 2011
In these days of intense partisanship and over-the-top rhetoric, it is somehow appropriate that the one thing that Congress would agree to repeal is the CLASS Act. It goes without...
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