#OccupyKStreet: It’s Where The 1% Really Are

By: Repair_Man_Jack (Diary)  |  October 20th at 10:20 AM  | 

“Wall Street has moved to K Street,” said Barbara Lang, president and chief executive officer of the DC Chamber of Commerce, referring to the Washington street that’s home to prominent lobbying firms. “Those two industries clearly have grown in our city.” (HT:Bloomberg.com) The misery index sums the unemployment rate and the inflation rate. It is probably economically and mathematically meaningless. However, it carries significant political | Read More »

Can Jeff Sessions Disband The 800 Club?

By: Repair_Man_Jack (Diary)  |  July 15th at 01:00 PM  | 

In what may have been a historic vote, forty Republicans voted today to sustain Senator Jeff Sessions’ point of order objecting to the Democrats’ violation of the Congressional Budget Act by passing an appropriation bill when there is no federal budget in place. John Hinderaker Jeff Sessions wants a very obvious and logical outcome. He wants the US Senate to do its fundamental duty and | Read More »