Word: beltway
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...that's about it. Yes, it's an admittedly partisan (the Beltway word is "philosophical") difference that goes deeper than this winter's recession - the Democrats think the Republicans are trying to privatize health insurance, bit by bit, while the Republicans, well, the Republicans want to privatize health insurance, bit by bit. They just happen to think it's a great idea...
...Lately, we’ve been talking of creating a spinoff of FM. Several spinoffs, actually. FM: New York will feature reviews of cool bars and hot nightspots. FM: DC will have informed, but sardonic and clever, articles on politics and life “inside the beltway.” FM: Duluth is still in the early stages of development, but Gossip Guy is said to be very popular up north...
...classic Beltway: In principle, nobody opposed the aviation security bill, but it still took Congress more than two months to deliver it to the President?s desk. After much delay, the bill sailed through a final congressional vote Friday...
Until last month, O'Neill recommended delays in Clinton-era money-laundering regulations that had not yet been implemented so that cost-benefit analyses could be run--a classic Beltway ploy for slowing down and killing rules. And O'Neill's Treasury Department has called for a "top-to-bottom" review of anti-money-laundering resources and programs, which would have brought in the Office of Management and Budget to bean-count the costs of money-laundering enforcement...
...current, very unfamiliar situation, there?s little doubt about whether to proceed with an investigation. Do we need to investigate our colossal intelligence failures that led to September 11th? Of course we do, But this shouldn?t be just a blame rain dance, where the Beltway types just move the same problems from one box into another...