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Economic highlights of the State of the Union address
The President delivers his State of the Union address this evening, beginning just after 9 PM. We typically release “fact sheets” along with the address. Since the big document is 36 pages long, we...
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Earmark reform (State of the Union follow-up)
Here’s what the President said last night in the State of the Union about earmarks: The people’s trust in their government is undermined by congressional earmarks — special interest projects that are...
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Defense earmarks
Each year Congress considers the “defense authorization bill.” This bill gives the U.S. military its legal authorities. The House passed this bill last Thursday. One provision in the bill would attempt...
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Will the Administration fund CSI: New Haven and Tattoo removal in L.A.?
President Obama may not realize that the people who work for him are required to ignore hundreds (thousands?) of Congressional earmarks. The President has the ability to stop them from doing so. I hope...
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Dr. Goolsbee gets it wrong on the auto loans
This morning on Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace moderated a discussion about the auto industry. One of his guests was Dr. Austan Goolsbee, who is a Member of President Obama’s Council of Economic...
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