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"Build America Bonds are a big subsidy that is costly to the federal government," says Michael Ettlinger, a vice president for economic policy at the liberal think tank Center for American Progress. "At some point we may say this is a subsidy we can't afford, but for now this...
That grade was based on figures from 2007, which show that 12.7% of U.S. births were preterm. Those figures, which have remained constant in recent years, also earned the U.S. a D last year, when the March of Dimes began compiling its report card. The objective, set by federal health...
A particular target, he said, is a federal provision under which possession of a given amount of crack cocaine triggers the same mandatory minimum sentence as possession of 100 times as much powdered cocaine.
That provision was part of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 and was mandatory until a set of mid-2000 Supreme Court rulings, but the guideline still bears on federal sentencing decisions.
It's hard to say what to expect at the hearing on Tuesday. Kilpatrick's saga has upended various aspects of Michigan's political and business life. His departure effectively set the stage for the arrival of Dave Bing, the former NBA star and steel magnate, who was elected to...