Posts tagged “112 Congress”
Shattering Illusions About Tea Party Freshmen
A few gee-whiz’s at Politico decided to chart the voting patterns of Tea Party freshmen against the voting patterns of veteran Republicans and found that the Tea Partiers aren’t as unkempt as they let on: On 100 key House votes, Republican freshmen rarely stand out, bucking the party line at almost the same rate as [...]
The Do-Nothing Congress
(1) This morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that zero new jobs were added to the U.S. labor market in August. And once again, the national crisis that is the lack of leadership in our government comes back into focus. Should we be surprised that the situation becomes grimmer right after John Boehner decides [...]