The Weekly Standard Don’t trust a congressman over the age of 50. BY Matthew Continetti May 31, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 35 As far as I can tell, Sean Duffy is the only world-champion lumberjack and reality television star running for Congress this year. Duffy is the Republican candidate in Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District. A
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They Just Want It Too Much Why voters turned against Bennett and Specter and Crist. BY Geoffrey Norman May 31, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 35 According to news accounts, the man had tears in his eyes when he talked of coming in third in the voting. Merely reading about it makes one feel a little
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Carolina Journal Exclusives Collective Bargaining Bill for Public Safety Workers Could Cost Taxpayers Federal legislation would override North Carolina ban on union organizing By Donna Martinez May 18, 2010 RALEIGH — Nearly 32,000 North Carolina state and local public safety employees could begin negotiating contracts with unions if recently introduced federal legislation becomes law. S.
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Washington Times Wednesday, April 28, 2010 RAHN: Financial fascism Richard W. Rahn The “Dodd financial reform” bill being considered by the Senate will make it illegal for 99.6 percent of the population to invest in needed new and promising start-up companies while at the same time ensuring that the 33 largest banks, which control 92
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Our growing public restlessness THE WASHINGTON TIMES IN SEARCH OF SELF-GOVERNANCE By Scott W. Rasmussen CreateSpace, $14, 76 pages Reviewed by Wes Vernon ”Never pass major legislation that affects most Americans without real bipartisan support. [Otherwise] It opens the door to all kinds of political trouble.” Who do you think said that? Some Republican congressman
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CNSNews.com Sen. Shelby: Financial Reform Violates Privacy Friday, May 07, 2010 By Matt Cover, Staff Writer Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), senior Republican on the Senate Banking Committee (CNSNews.com) – Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), senior Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, said that provisions in the new financial regulatory bill violate privacy rights by allowing the
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Wall Street Journal MAY 4, 2010 What About Fan and Fred Reform? By ROBERT G. WILMERS Congress may be making progress crafting new regulations for the financial-services industry, but it has yet to begin reforming two institutions that played a key role in the 2008 credit crisis—Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. We cannot reform these
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MAY 4, 2010 Democrats at Ramming Speed By FRED BARNES President Reagan had a sign on his desk that said, “It’s amazing how much you can accomplish if you don’t care who gets the credit.” If President Obama had a sign, it would say, “It’s amazing how much you can accomplish if you don’t care
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Our Country’s Battles We have today an aging and shrinking Air Force and Navy, an Army that is overstretched, reserve forces that are far too ‘active’ in their rate of deployment, and too few dollars to rebuild and modernize. BY Gary Schmitt and William Kristol May 3, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 31 It is increasingly
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Leading the charge for GOP insurgents By Marc A. Thiessen Tuesday, May 4, 2010; SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. Santa Barbara is about as far from Greenville, S.C., as you can get in the continental United States, but Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) cares more about principle than geography. He is leading a conservative insurgency across America. Speaking
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