Now out of Congress, Ron Paul has apparently decided, ‘F’ it, let’s go back to the racist stuff.’
Very notable that steep social services and defense cuts are both easier to handle than flight delays.
Tom Brokaw says the White House Correspondents Dinner hasn’t been the same since Lindsay Lohan got invited.
Sherrod Brown is taking a real run at the big banks … and the White House.
Last night, the Senate proved it can fix big problems for real Americans — so long as they’re rich, or relatively rich, or fly for business or what have you.
The short version is that late last night it took a break from its regular schedule of lacking 60 votes to shampoo the chamber carpet and unanimously passed a bill that will provide the FAA unique flexibility under sequestration — and thus halt the furloughs that have been causing travel delays around the country. Today the House will follow suit, and the White House has made it clear President Obama intends to sign it. Great if you fly. Bad, bad news if you’re on head start or rely on meals on wheels or otherwise aren’t a Priority Pass holder.
Aside the obvious iniquity, this is a big error. Read More
In less than 24 hours, a story about a shady, secret bipartisan effort to rescue members of Congress and their staffs from the rough seas of Obamacare has turned into a much less controversial tale about Obamacare implementation problems ensnaring innocent Hill staffers.
What I imagine makes all this unusually annoying for Democrats is that this particular Obamacare problem only exists because four years ago a Republican Senator tried to embarrass them with an amendment nobody really thought was good policy.
But that’s all deep in the dustbin at this point. In 2013, every Obamacare implementation screw up is presented and viewed as the direct consequence of bad Democratic legislating. Even in cases where the legislative measure in question was written in a fit of pettiness by a Republican trying to kill the bill.
Some ‘fair and balanced’ highlights from the opening of the George W Bush library.
Boston bombers reportedly had plan to hit Times Square on trip to New York City.