Today in Washington – December 14, 2010

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  December 14th at 12:15 PM  | 

Taxes and spending are on the House and Senate agenda for today.  After the Senate passes the President’s tax deal, the House may blow up the compromise by changing the Death Tax.  Later this week, Senate appropriators are reportedly trying to sneak through a massive new Omnibus spending bill.  They are planning on offering an Omnibus Spending bill as a complete substitute for the Continuing Resolution, a bill to fund the | Read More »

Today in Washington – July 22, 2010

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  July 22nd at 10:20 AM  | 

So much for President Obama’s promises of economic stimulus.  The New York Times reports that moments after the President signed a new law to expand regulation over the financial sector, one business group complained that the new law will discourage job growth. The Business Roundtable complained in a statement that the law “takes our country in the wrong direction” and may discourage investment and job growth, echoing | Read More »