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...more important consequence of the decision has been a remarkably vibrant discussion of how best to get money out of politics. Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig has called for a constitutional amendment reversing the decision combined with public financing of elections. Congressman Chris Van Hollen and Senator Chuck Schumer have proposed requiring corporations to subject all political spending to a shareholder vote, which would presumably cause such spending to grind to a halt. Yale professors Bruce Ackerman and Ian Ayres suggest denying federal contracts to corporations that engage in political spending, and Ackerman and Congressman David Wu have formulated...
Proponents of non-binding resolutions say they offer Congress a chance to express its opinion on issues outside its purview. But why should it? The most notable example in recent history was the late Pennsylvania Congressman John Murtha’s resolution demanding an end to the Iraq War. It stimulated debate but ultimately failed to steer military strategy. Congress should propose binding measures for issues that fall within its powers and ignore issues that don?...
Also jobs. "Today's successful test should be a wake-up call to the Administration, and I'm again calling on the President to restore full funding to the program immediately," GOP Congressman Todd Tiahrt of Kansas said within hours of the test. Many of his constituents work on the laser plane at Boeing's Wichita plant, where Tiahrt too was employed for 14 years. "We know the threat from rogue nations such as Iran and North Korea is very real, and we should be doing everything possible to counter this threat...
...calm, consistent message that resonated with folks opposed to abortion, for gun and property rights and opposed to the state tax system," says University of Houston political scientist Richard Murray. Medina is tapping into the grass-roots tea party movement and her experience as a campaign worker for Republican Congressman Ron Paul, who is credited with fine-tuning Internet fundraising. Next week, on Feb. 15, the anniversary of the adoption of the Texas state constitution, Medina will hold an online "money bomb" - the same tactic that brought more than $1 million into Brown's campaign in January...
...Baltimore session, Congressman Jeb Hensarling of Texas launched a diatribe on the budget, including the fabulous claim that the Obama Administration was now running monthly deficits the size of annual Republican deficits in the past. For once, the President flashed anger in response - he interrupted Hensarling and said, "I'm sure there's a question in there somewhere." And then, calmly, he proceeded to take apart Hensarling's nonsense. (See pictures of Barack Obama's personal touches to the Oval Office...