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The energy debate in the Senate stalled last week when Democrats failed to garner enough backing for an amendment that would require utilities to produce at least 15% of electricity from renewable sources by 2020. The Senate Tuesday is expected to vote again on that provision - considered essential by environmental...
Some of Florida's recent fixes have only exacerbated the frustration. In the 1990s the state adopted a "homestead" provision that eventually caps a homeowner's property tax increases at 3% a year. But when the house is sold, the cap no longer applies - creating absurd situations in which neighbors...
Politicians are tapping into the public's uncertainty. In the June 5 G.O.P. debate, Rudy Giuliani summed up the bill's problem this way: "It's a typical Washington mess," he said. He's right, of course, but not for the reasons he thinks. Rather, the bill is a mess...
Right now, I’m still struggling to figure out how exactly is it I’m supposed to feel about Harvard. My parents grew up during a time and in a place with a quite different value system and political circumstance from ours—the turmoil...
While polls suggest that a slim majority of Republican voters support the immigration bill, opposition to its provision allowing citizenship has draw many attacks from conservatives within the party. Last week, President Bush dismissed opponents of the bill as "spreading fear," provoking sharp responses from typically reliable Administration allies such...