Posted on 12 September 2012. Tags: Billions Of Dollars, Concrete Plan, Continuing Resolution, Credit Rating, Credit Worthiness, Democratic Majority Leader, Harry Reid, Massive Tax, Mid East, Mitch Mcconnell, New York Times, Republicans, Senate Democrats, Senate Republican Leader, Senate Votes, Stalemate, Tall Tales, Tax Increases, Trajectory, York Times Reports Today
The New York Times reports today that Moody’s “warned that it would downgrade the government’s debt if no solution [to the fiscal cliff] was found by year’s end. . . . The Moody’s warning comes a year after its rival, Standard & Poor’s, downgraded the United States’ credit worthiness after the protracted stalemate over raising the [...]
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Posted on 27 June 2012. Tags: Aei, Congressional Campaigns, Eric T, Federal Election Commission, Government Authorities, Internal Revenue Service, Issue Advertising, Mitch Mcconnell, New York Times, Political Campaigns, Political Weapon, Reform Legislation, Schneid, Schneiderman, Senate Republican Leader, Tort Reform, Watchdog Groups, Watchdogs, York Times Reports, York Times Reports Today
In his address at AEI on threats to the First Amendment, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell warned, “[I]f disclosure is forced upon some but not all, it’s not an act of good government, it’s a political weapon. And that’s precisely what those who are pushing [the DISCLOSE Act] have in mind. This is nothing less than [...]
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Posted on 12 June 2012. Tags: 92nd Street Y, Amending The Constitution, Apparent Desire, Campaign Adviser, Campaign Spending, Citizens United, Constitutional Amendment, David Axelrod, First Amendment, Gilded Age, Government Control, Mitch Mcconnell, New York Times, Pacs, Political Speech, Robber Barons, Senate Republican Leader, Term Implications, Upper East Side, York Times Reports Today
The New York Times reports today, “On David Axelrod’s New York City itinerary for Monday: to meet privately with potential donors to a ‘super PAC’ supporting President Obama’s re-election, then publicly declare that if that re-election happens, Mr. Obama will stop at almost nothing to undo the ruling that made super PACs possible. Days before the Supreme [...]
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