Today in Washington – June 24, 2010

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  June 24th at 11:00 AM  | 

The DISCLOSE Act is on House floor today.  This bill chills the rights of Americans to band together in an organization and participate in the political process.  Sean Parnell of the Center for Competitive Politics said of this legislation, ”as the Rules Committee prepares to advance this speech-chilling bill to the House floor, its supporters are cynically misrepresenting the bill as simply providing transparency and avoiding all mentions of | Read More »

This Week in Washington – June 21, 2010

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  June 21st at 10:45 AM  | 

President Obama is losing political influence on Capitol Hill, because poll numbers indicate that the President is unpopular with the American voters.  Gallup reports today that “U.S. registered voters remain split on whether President Obama deserves to be re-elected in 2012, with 46% saying he does and 51% saying he does not — little changed from earlier this year.”  This is going to be a tough fall for | Read More »