Debt-ceiling Fight Rages On
July 29, 2011
Speaker Boehner wasn’t able to get enough Republican votes in the House to pass his plan after all; apparently it will now be amended to require that Congress send a balanced-budget constitutional amendment to the states before a debt-ceiling increase is triggered (as would have been required by the failed Cut, Cap, and Balance Act), which is a good thing or a bad thing, depending on your point of view. Read the rest of this entry »
Debt-ceiling Fight Over?
July 26, 2011
Last Friday, Speaker of the House John Boehner finally walked out on the unproductive talks with President Obama; he cut Obama out of the loop and went to negotiate directly with Democrats in the Senate, which arguably makes a lot more sense.
By yesterday, Boehner had already come up with a new plan, which he believes can pass both the Republican House and the Democratic Senate. Read the rest of this entry »
Austerity in Europe, Delusional Washington
July 24, 2011
Mark Steyn, as usual, is must-read material:
As Obama made plain in his threat to Gran’ma last week that the August checks might not go out, funding nonproductivity is now the principal purpose of the modern state.
Monkey and Ape Ape Men, Use Tools
July 23, 2011
As The Telegraph puts it, “How about that?” I couldn’t resist passing this on.
Thumbs Up Rob Portman, Thumbs Down Sherrod Brown
July 21, 2011
Just a quick report on my (Ohio’s) two senators, from my communications with them yesterday about the debt-ceiling fight:
I called Senator Portman’s office and immediately reached a real person. The staffer seemed unprepared to discuss policy details apart from particular proposals, but as to the particular proposals currently on the table, he assured me that Senator Portman would support Senator Lee’s version of “Cut, Cap, and Balance”, and that he would not support the “Gang of Six” proposal (more on that here). Read the rest of this entry »