Mitch McConnell Does it Again

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  April 20th at 10:45 AM  | 

There’s got to be some way to create a legislative scorecard on committee votes. Last month, House Republicans almost unanimously passed the “Ryan” budget resolution for FY 2013.  It established the topline discretionary spending level at $1.028 trillion, just $15 billion below last year’s levels and $19 billion below the cap set in the Budget [Out of] Control Act.  To put that in perspective, the | Read More »

For Some Republicans, Free Markets are Gone With the Wind

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  April 17th at 09:45 PM  | 

One of the most appalling features of Obama’s presidency is the expansion of green venture socialism on behalf of corporate cronies who helped finance his campaign.  Obama’s use of stimulus funds to distort the energy market with subsidies and loans to unprofitable solar energy companies has become the hallmark of his presidency, and it has theoretically provided us with a potent political weapon.  Yet for | Read More »

The Real Franking Scandal With Rick Berg

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  March 20th at 11:03 AM  | 

There has been somewhat of a scandal percolating in the local North Dakota media relating to Rick Berg’s prodigal use of his franking privileges in Congress.  Throughout the history of Congress, congressmen were afforded “franking privileges” as a way of facilitating communication between a member and his constituents.  In plain English, this refers to the right of members to mail correspondence to constituents at no | Read More »