H.R. 42, the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent Act, has been scored by the Congressional Budget Office. It’s cost is pretty close to zero. (One penny for a family of seven.)
As the name suggests, the bill would set up a commission to study the treatment of Latino [...]
I’ve been traveling all this week and haven’t kept up with the regular blogging I try to do here. Sorry to those of you who live for the gems that show up on this blog. (Anyone? Anyone?)
Congress is out this week, so it’s a good time to not pay attention to them and spend time [...]
Before we roll into February, we should probably issue some year-end statistics for 2008.
It was a fun and exciting year, what with the presidential election and all, and traffic to WashingtonWatch.com grew at a healthy clip. We had just over 1.1 million unique visitors, and served them just over 2.1 million pages of information. [...]
Voters took a scythe to the Members of Congress who switched their votes to pass the financial services bailout legislation in October and those whose votes in 2000 set the stage for the financial crisis.
Except . . . it was a very dull scythe. Maybe one without a blade.
Of the 59 people featured in [...]
Here’s why you should vote, even if you think your favorite candidate is already destined to win or lose.
And while a lot of people treat this as the end of the political season, it’s not. It’s the beginning of the policy season – the season when things actually happen.
Your mental attitude may [...]
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On Voting
The long, somewhat exhausting presidential campaign wraps up tomorrow. Pundits are treating the election as fairly well decided, and many Americans may pass up their chance to vote because of [...]