I will be taking a bit of time to attend to some personal business over the next month so I apologize if my posts are a bit more infrequent and there is less original content. I will be returning to my blog...
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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Well, I wasn’t surprised. The New York Times reported this morning the budget talks may have reached and impasse and that is increasingly unlikely that a shutdown of the Federal Government can be avoided. Here’s a link to the entire story. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/26/us/politics/26fiscal.html...
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There may be movement in the budget battles. Politco’s story this morning makes it sound like Democrats and Republicans are close to a deal on 2011. Republicans are looking to the 2012 budget that they will announce in three weeks to make...
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Rep. Ryan, chair of the House Budget Committee, tried to make the point that if a bipartisan agreement could be reached on Social Security it would send a positive message to the credit markets on the US’s ability to resolve tough issues. ...
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The US Government is funded through April 8! It took a bipartisan effort to pass the bill so I guess we should be patting Congress on the back for working together. Both Republicans and Democrats are starting to send signals that the...
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Hillary Clinton responded with a firm no on Wednesday when asked if she would be Secretary of State during a potential second Obama administration. As she has in the past Clinton also indicated she would not make a second run at the...
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The NYT front page story on what cups and forks are used in Congress’ cafeterias seems a bit crazy in light of everything that is going on in the world. For those of you who don’t know, Republicans and Democrats are having a...
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The Continuing Resolution to fund the government through April 8th which was agreed to last week passed the House today on a bipartisan basis. (See my post from 3/12/11) But there might be signs of a coming thaw in the budget battles. More...
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