Obama’s $90 Billion Bank Fee May Be Revised by Panel (Update2) - BusinessWeek
Linus Wilson, a professor of finance at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, said basing the fee on income would undermine Obama’s goal of penalizing risk-taking. “Making it an income tax does not discourage the behavior we want to
For liberals, the filibuster is now the enemy - Washington Post
The summit’s predictable failure will be a pretext for trying to ram health legislation through the Senate by misusing “reconciliation,” which prevents filibusters. If the Senate parliamentarian rules, as he should, that most of the legislation is
Two unknowns, sex worker seek Dufty’s supe seat - Bay Area Reporter
Joining the race to replace Supervisor Bevan Dufty are two largely unknown gay men and Starchild, a bisexual sex worker who is making his third stab for the board’s District 8 seat. Starchild twice ran against Dufty and, both times, came up short
Address the crisis - ESPN.com
WASHINGTON — Concurrent with the Feb. 24 United We Fish rally, a coalition of fishing industry leaders called on the Obama administration to address “a crisis within the federal fisheries management system.” They elected not to join commercial and
Senate easily approves jobs bill; House passes health-insurance - Washington Post
The bill now goes to the House. It is the first piece of major legislation to win approval in the Senate since the passage on Christmas Eve of the health-care overhaul, which was upended last month when the election of Scott Brown (R-Mass.) cost
Obama’s $90 Billion Bank Fee May Be Revised by Panel (Update2) - BusinessWeek
Linus Wilson, a professor of finance at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, said basing the fee on income would undermine Obama’s goal of penalizing risk-taking. “Making it an income tax does not discourage the behavior we want to
For liberals, the filibuster is now the enemy - Washington Post
The summit’s predictable failure will be a pretext for trying to ram health legislation through the Senate by misusing “reconciliation,” which prevents filibusters. If the Senate parliamentarian rules, as he should, that most of the legislation is
Two unknowns, sex worker seek Dufty’s supe seat - Bay Area Reporter
Joining the race to replace Supervisor Bevan Dufty are two largely unknown gay men and Starchild, a bisexual sex worker who is making his third stab for the board’s District 8 seat. Starchild twice ran against Dufty and, both times, came up short
Address the crisis - ESPN.com
WASHINGTON — Concurrent with the Feb. 24 United We Fish rally, a coalition of fishing industry leaders called on the Obama administration to address “a crisis within the federal fisheries management system.” They elected not to join commercial and
Senate easily approves jobs bill; House passes health-insurance - Washington Post
The bill now goes to the House. It is the first piece of major legislation to win approval in the Senate since the passage on Christmas Eve of the health-care overhaul, which was upended last month when the election of Scott Brown (R-Mass.) cost