Rep. Waxman Hospitalized in Los Angeles

July 1, 2009

WASHINGTON — A powerful House committee chairman with a central role in President Obama’s global warming and health care legislation has been hospitalized.

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Sen. Lieberman Opposes Public Option Health Care

July 1, 2009

U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman has a bipartisan group of senators ready to help pass health care reform — minus a government-run insurance plan. During a New Haven stop to support overall reform, Connecticut’s independent fourth-term senator gave his strongest statement to date opposing Democrats’ and President Obama’s call for a “public option” health care plan.

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Stimulus Dramatically Raises Government Transfers as a Source of Income

July 1, 2009

A few weeks ago, I posted some charts showing that Americans are increasingly reliant on government transfers as a source of income. Friday’s data on personal income for May confirmed that the trend is continuing. Government transfers made up a record 18% of personal income in May.

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Cost: Now that Franken Makes 60 Votes, What Does Filibuster Proof Majority Mean?

July 1, 2009

With Al Franken now installed as Minnesota’s second senator – a lot has been made about the Democrats having a “filibuster-proof” majority. Perhaps too much. A filibuster-proof majority is great for the party that has it, but it has its limits. On purely party-line votes, perhaps procedural stuff, it should make a difference. But, on […]

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Actor Karl Malden Dead at 97

July 1, 2009

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The family of Karl Malden says the actor who won an Oscar for his role in “A Streetcar Named Desire” has died at age 97. Malden’s family informed the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences of his death on Wednesday. Malden served as the academy’s president from 1989-92.

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New Hearings Ordered in Campaign Finance Case

July 1, 2009

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ordered new hearings in a case challenging McCain-Feingold, the law that aims to restrict political spending at election time, signaling the possibility it is considering a more sweeping approach to the question.

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Conor Friedersdorf v. James Joyner on Work

July 1, 2009

Conor Friedersdorf asks, “am I really expected to work 40+ hours per week, 50 weeks per year, for decades?

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Population Shift: Cities Grow, Suburbs Fade as Recession Continues

July 1, 2009

According to Census data released today, America’s current economic woes are having a massive effect on population trends, and not just on migration. “The upshot is that the spread of racial diversity, which had been moving beyond gateway cities such as Los Angeles to suburbs and interior states, has slowed with the economy.”

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Cap and Trade's Pleasing Monetary Benefits

July 1, 2009

Waxman-Markey fails: “The number one thing you should know about this bill is that the allowances are worth big money: almost $1 trillion over the next decade… [but] the House bill would give away most of the allowances for free. And it spends virtually all the revenue that comes from allowance auctions.” Hooray for efficiency.

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Alice in Medical Care: Why the Rush to Pass Obamacare?

July 1, 2009

“The great haste with which the latest government expansion into medical care is being rushed through Congress suggests that the politicians don’t want us to stop and think. That makes sense, from their point of view, but not from ours.” Economist Thomas Sowell offers his thoughts on the wrong path, and why we’re taking it.

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