Articles, tagged with "members of congress", page 1
Reflections On The US National Debt. Will We Do What It Takes To Shrink It?
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant
So, President Obama's bipartisan deficit commission headed by former Wyoming Senator Alan K. Simpson (R) and former Clinton Chief of Staff Erskine B. Bowles (D) has issued its preliminary report.
It is a stark, sobering document....
A Look into Congress Insider Trading
Since the 1960s, stock or commodity trading using insider information has been deemed illegal. However, as was revealed in a recent study by the Social Science Research Network, members of Congress has been for a long time using their access to private co...
The Event: The cause and effect of the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.
On January 8, a shot targeted at Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has caused that at least 6 people were killed and 13 injured.And compared with the shooting two years ago in the US, this time occurred in the United States for the first time in 30 years, ...
How the Republican Majority in the House will Impact US Tax Law
Leading up to the election last week, Republican candidates promised serious tax law changes in the next two years. However, since Democrats retained control of the Senate, many are wondering which, if any, of these promises will actually come to fruition...
Hillary Clinton And Barack Obama On Freedom - Saying The Right Words But Acting The Wrong Way
Hillary Clinton recently gave a speech on freedom during her current tour through Europe. She was lamenting the fact that in many countries, the opportunity to live in a free society was being shut down by oppressive governments such as Zimbabwe, the Cong...
Constitutional Amendments – How are They Done?
A Constitutional Amendment is any form of adjustment to the legislator system of a country. The constitution of a country is a lists of rulings that are approved by the congress of a state that are implemented to govern its people.In order for these rulin...
2010 - The Year With No Estate Tax
At the end of 2009, the U.S. Senate attempted to decide the fate of the estate tax. Unfortunately, members of Congress failed to pass any type of change to the laws surrounding this tax, which will likely create a mess over the next few years for anyone i...
Differences Between The Republican and Democratic Healthcare Reform Bills
The Republican Party has spent the past several months serving as vocal opposition to the healthcare reform bills supported by the Barack Obama administration and Democratic members of Congress. During that time, they have seen success in influencing publ...
A scary story - the public option?
Why is Congress so afraid of the public option as part of health reform? Why are politicians getting so worked up about a system that every other Western country already has, and which works so well in all of them? Why do they not want to extend Medicare,...
Do as I say, not as I do
Remember when leaders would actually lead? When leaders led by example? When a leader would say "follow me" and then actually lead the way into the unknown; assuming all the risks being asked of everyone else? When it was anathema to ask a person to do wh...