The Week’s New Laws
Posted by Jim Harper
With Congress continuing its spring break next week, let’s pause to look at the new laws President Obama signed last week, some consequential, some not. Public Law 112-103 is called “the HALE Scouts Act.” It conveys approximately 140 acres of land in the Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma to the Indian Nations Council, Inc., of [...]
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Should We Make Cents?
Posted by Jim Harper
60 Minutes re-ran a piece tonight on whether the U.S. Mint should make pennies and nickels. The two coins currently cost more to produce than they’re worth. As you might expect, bills are pending in Congress to address the country’s coinage. S. 1986 and H.R. 3330 are both called the Coinage Materials Modernization Act of [...]
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