There were a lot of good reactions to yesterday’s post about candidates for federal office with responsibility for at least part of the financial crisis.
We listed House members and Senators who either voted for, or didn’t object to, a law freeing up financial services firms to offer these wagers known as “financial derivatives” [...]
Back in late August/early September, I did a brief assessment of the presidential candidates’ legislative activity – one window onto how they might behave in the White House. Oh, and one for the V.P. candidate, too.
Here are the posts on Senator McCain’s priorities, Senator Obama’s priorities, and Senator Biden’s priorities. My [...]
If you think Washington politics is restricted to the debates among politicians, think again.
Politics pervades everything. Washington is a gurgling swamp of people grasping for power and pursuing their varied interests. People don’t just get together and agree on the best policies for the country and move forward with them.
A comment [...]
Of all the threats facing our nation today, you probably weren’t aware of this one: submarines. No, we’re not talking Soviet nuclear subs or German U-boats. These are privately owned and used for transporting drugs.
Not to worry, though, your Congress is on the case, with no less than four – count [...]
HealthCare.com is a health provider search service. To promote their service – and as a public service – they have produced a pretty good analysis of the two presidential candidates’ health care plans.
It has a nicely done side-by-side summary comparison of what the two candidates have put out there on health care. You [...]
As we’ve done with Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Democratic vice presidential candidate Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE), this week we take a look at the legislative activities of Senator Barack Obama, (D-IL), the Democratic candidate for president.
Of the three, Obama is the most prolific legislator as far as bills introduced, but the [...]
When Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE) was announced as Senator Barack Obama’s (D-IL) running mate, I did a quick scan here of his legislative priorities in the current Congress. Now, for the start of the Republican convention, here’s one on Senator John McCain (R-AZ).
(We’ll look at Barack Obama in a week. Without [...]
Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) will be Senator Barack Obama’s (D-IL) running mate. A Bloomberg story says the Biden pick is “aimed at addressing questions about Obama’s inexperience on international affairs, his biggest vulnerability against [Republican presidential candidate Senator John] McCain.”
Let’s take a look at Senator Biden’s legislative priorities. (Disclosure: I was a college [...]