November 17, 2010 Lame Ducks Take on Food Safety By Jillian Bandes 11/17/2010 A bill up for consideration in the Senate today would update food safety regulations for the first time since the 1930s. It would also be a massive expansion of government bureaucracy and a deadly threat to small businesses. In theory, the bill
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NOVEMBER 15, 2010 Old Problems With New Start The Senate shouldn’t ratify the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty without guarantees that the administration will modernize weapons and improve missile defense. By R. JAMES WOOLSEY A number of years negotiating arms-control agreements with the Soviets taught me that, when dealing with Russian counterparts, don’t appear eager—friendly
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NOVEMBER 15, 2010 Fresh Attack on Fed Move GOP Economists, Lawmakers Call for Abandoning $600 Billion Bond Purchase By PETER WALLSTEN And SUDEEP REDDY WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve’s latest attempt to boost the U.S. economy is coming under fire from Republican economists and politicians, threatening to yank the central bank deeper into partisan politics. A group
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Report cites 5 sites in Asia By Bill Gertz– The Washington Times November 14, 2010 ASSOCIATED PRESS Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, left, shakes hands with President Barack Obama after the leaders declaration at the APEC summit in Yokohama, Japan, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010. China’s military can destroy five out of six U.S. bases in
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NOVEMBER 12, 2010 Sen. Jim DeMint is offering Republicans a chance to prove they meant what they said on spending. By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL Senate Republicans ran to midterm victory last week hitting every single high note. One week in, they risk ruining the aria with some off-key grunge. What issue could prove so important
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NOVEMBER 12, 2010, 4:09 P.M. ET For now: Extend the Bush tax cuts, repeal ObamaCare, support free trade. After 2012: Enact a flat tax, stabilize prices, balance the budget, give politicians incentive pay. By ARTHUR LAFFER Since its cyclical zenith in December 2007, U.S. economic production has been on its worst trajectory since the Great
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November 11, 2010 By ROGER COHEN LONDON — A world without nuclear weapons sounds nice, but of course that was the world that brought us World War I and World War II. If you like the sound of that, the touchy-feely “Global Zero” bandwagon is probably for you. I’m an optimist in general but a
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Stephen F. Hayes November 11, 2010 4:45 PM Ben Smith has a good piece on John Thune’s vulnerabilities as a 2012 presidential candidate. Smith’s post raises the central question: Is Thune too “establishment” for the current political environment? That question is surfacing well before the start of real 2012
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RealClearPolitics November 11, 2010 A Preview of 2012 Redistricting By Sean Trende As bad as 2010 was for House Democrats, 2012 could be even worse. Republicans don’t have a lot of exposure, since most of their gains were in red territory. More importantly, Republicans will control more seats in redistricting than they have since the
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NOVEMBER 10, 2010 Mr. Issa’s Investigations Oversight is harder than a TV interview. Most Republicans have been suitably modest and restrained in the wake of their victories last week—then there’s Darrell Issa. The California Congressman is set to chair the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in January, and he’s wasting no time adjusting to
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