Remember the good-old-days (like a month ago) when leading economists were pushing the federal government to boost the economy with $200 – $300 billion in new stimulus spending? Well, they’re gone.
As unemployment continues to skyrocket, the housing market continues to fall and consumers remain reluctant to More…
With the reelection victory of Georgia Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss in a special election last week, hopes that Democrats would command a filibuster-proof 60-seat majority in the upper chamber next year were dashed.
The number 60 has attracted enormous attention because it represents the votes required to defeat a filibuster More…
In the wake of Tuesday’s elections — which swept a Democrat into the White House and widened the party’s margins in the Senate and the House — it’s tempting to conclude that the Democrats’ legislative challenges just eased, that the days of GOP obstructionism are over and that the party’s More…
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