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Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) is calling for an immediate suspension of the earmarking process after learning that a House Democrat suggested to Speaker Nancy Pelosi that additional earmarks could assist the campaigns of vulnerable Democrats.
“Inherently, we understand that this earmark process is not equitable… There are a few examples of where your [...]

This may be the do-nothing Congress, but Democratic control of both houses has certainly accomplished one thing: helping out traditional Democratic allies. Here’s the Politico:
Trial lawyers, labor unions, good governance reformers and the environmental community all achieved significant wins since Democrats took control of Congress.
The article goes on to report on campaign donations by [...]

As the left tries to push costly climate change legislation on taxpayers and consumers, few have paid too much attention to the companies and investors that would benefit from such “eco-friendly” legislation. Last week, the Hillary for President campaign bragged about their endorsement from John Doerr, whom the campaign describes this way,
John Doerr is a [...]

Paul Teller of the Republican Study Committee has a fairly comprehensive list of business quashing bills the 110th Congress has passed during their tenure in power as leadership continues to accumulate the means of production.

Everyone interested in the myriad complicated ways in which money gets (mis)managed in Washington should read Robert Novak’s column today, but here’s the most important graf:
During a confusing week on Capitol Hill, lawmakers engaged in games difficult for insiders to understand and incomprehensible for ordinary voters. As the first Congress controlled by Democrats since 1994 [...]

The news should have made banner headlines, but few paid attention as the U.S. national debt passed the $9 trillion mark this week. I suppose the lack of interest is understandable, since the citizens who will be stuck paying this bill are mostly in grade school. The sad thing: the national debt was [...]

David Broder wants President Bush to sign on to a bill that would create an Affordable Housing Trust Fund.  But well intentioned measures like this are rarely good ideas.  Government-sponsored housing doesn’t have a particularly excellent track record.  FreedomWorks has noted this as a key vote, and provided a number of reasons why it’s a [...]

Congress Daily reports that the Left is organizing a massive radio blitz and ground attack on the SCHIP bill during the next couple of weeks. President Bush vetoed the bill and sent it back to Congress. I’m hearing that the House probably won’t have the votes to override the veto, but liberal interest groups will [...]

Watch VP of Interactive Media Chris Kinnan discuss the sugar cartel and price controls in the U.S. market.

The lead story in the Post this morning talks about how Congress has begun to focus more (and more publicly) on domestic economic policy. The idea, basically, is that the public has shifted away from its small-government leanings and Republicans are making waves about following.
Even Republicans see a growing unease as the driving [...]