A lot of hubbub this morning surrounding a Huffington Post article that suggested the White House was willing to cave on its position of permanently extending tax cuts for most Americans while only temporarily extending those for the upper two percent and instead accept the idea of a temporary More…
A new independent Morning Call/Muhlenberg College Tracker poll has confirmed that Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) is now leading former Rep. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) by a razor-thin margin in Pennsylvania’s Senate race. The news that the Pennsylvania Senate race is tightening comes at the same time as reports from Colorado and More…
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is playing the role of unsuspecting victim in the face of attacks from Democrats over the undisclosed nature of its campaign spending, but the Huffington Post’s Sam Stein argues that it really shouldn’t be at all surprised:
When the business lobby was arguing
Just hours before the cloture vote is set to take place, one of the country’s largest labor unions, the AFL-CIO, issued a statement registering its official opposition to the Senate version of the DISCLOSE Act:
When it comes to health care, at least, following the polls can be tricky.
Take this latest one Sam Stein reports on for The Huffington Post, showing that 77 percent of Americans think it’s important to have a “choice” between government-run health insurance and private coverage. That poll More…
In the wake of the Great Depression, a Congressional panel known as the Pecora Commission investigated Wall Street’s actions and set the stage for financial regulation that lasted for decades. Last week, we noted that despite calls from some on the left, a new Pecora-style probe would be unlikely, More…
The Huffington Post’s Sam Stein gets three or four scoops before you put in your contacts in the morning, so I wasn’t surprised that he got to ask a question at President Obama’s Monday press conference. Apparently, this was a pretty controversial move by the president. The Heritage Foundation More…
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