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Arizona's Altered Immigration Law Takes Effect, State Heads Back to Court
Jul 29, 2010
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Arizona's court-altered illegal immigration law went into effect just after midnight Wednesday, hours after a federal judge blocked its most controversial provisions -- including on-the-spot police checks of suspected illegal immigrants.
Soon after Judge Susan Bolton's decision was announced, a s...
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Article of Interest: Reality gap: U.S. struggles, D.C. booms
Jul 19, 2010
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By: Jim VandeHei and Zachary Abrahamson
America is struggling with a sputtering economy and high unemployment — but times are booming for Washington’s governing class.
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Article of Interest: The Obama-Pelosi Lame Duck Strategy
Jul 9, 2010
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By JOHN FUND
Democratic House members are so worried about the fall elections they're leaving Washington on July 30, a full week earlier than normal—and they won't return until mid-September. Members gulped when National Journal's Charlie Cook, the Beltway's leading political handicapper, predict...
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US lawmaker: Russia spying in 'chilly' world
Jun 30, 2010
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The alleged Russian spy ring broken up this week by the FBI shows that "the Cold War may have thawed, but the world is still chilly," a senior US lawmaker cautioned Wednesday.
"This goes to show that America remains a top espionage target for the Russians," said Representative Pete Hoekstra, the ...
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Article of Interest: Fannie-Freddie Bailout Could Cost Taxpayers $1 Trillion
Jun 29, 2010
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For American taxpayers, now on the hook for some $145 billion in housing losses connected to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans, that amount could be just the tip of the iceberg.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the losses could balloon to $400 billion. And if housing prices fall furth...
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Article of Interest: Business leaders say Obama's economic policies stifle growth
Jun 23, 2010
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By Lori Montgomery
Washington Post Staff Writer
The chairman of the Business Roundtable, an association of top corporate executives that has been President Obama's closest ally in the business community, accused the president and Democratic lawmakers Tuesday of creating an "increasingly hostile ...
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Article of Interest: Don't call it a stimulus package: Obama wants another $50 billion
Jun 14, 2010
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By Mark Sappenfield, Staff writer
The Obama administration argues that 300,000 teachers could be laid off without $50 billion in federal help. But it is shying away from calling it a stimulus package.
President Obama wants Congress to spend more money to help states and localities struggling ...
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Article of Interest: First victim of health care overhaul?
Jun 7, 2010
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By: Sarah Kliff
The Politico
A Virginia-based insurance company says "considerable uncertainties" created by the Democrats' health care overhaul will force it to close its doors by the end of the year.
The firm, nHealth, appears to be the first to claim that the new law has driven it out of...
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ICYMI: Obama Intelligence Failures Behind Blair Resignation
Jun 2, 2010
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by Rep. Peter Hoekstra
Some people have claimed that Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair deserves much of the blame for intelligence failures associated with the Fort Hood, Christmas Day and Times Square terrorist attacks and that this was the reason he recently was forced to resign.
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Article of Interest: Key Congressman Says Pentagon's Clapper Is Wrong Man for Intelligence Czar
May 26, 2010
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By Mark Hosenball
A key Capitol Hill Republican says retired Air Force Lt. Gen. James Clapper, the Defense Department's top intelligence official, would be the wrong person to replace outgoing National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, who chaired the House intelligence comm...
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