Tag Archives: congress

Sunlight Foundation – House Violates 72 Hour Pledge Again

De-funding a valu­able pub­lic resource and usurp­ing democ­racy, all emer­gen­cies and all in a days work for Republicans.

April 2, 2011 – 11:56 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Economics, Politics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Bad Astronomy – Next up for Congress: repeal the law of gravity

I’ve been try­ing thing of some­thing to put here but can’t.

March 24, 2011 – 10:17 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Politics, Quick Posts, Science | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

Ars Technica – “No lobbying,” says senator before taking movie biz lobby job

I won’t lobby, but I’ll take the top job of a lob­by­ing firm.

March 3, 2011 – 9:35 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Politics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

NYTimes.com – Climate of Hate

This is per­haps the larger point, there is a prob­lem when vio­lent rhetoric is used as a sub­sti­tute for rea­soned and ratio­nal debate.

January 10, 2011 – 2:45 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Politics, Quick Posts, Security | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

NPR – Congresswoman, 6 Others, Killed By Gunman

Polit­i­cal dis­agree­ments should never be resolved through violence.

January 8, 2011 – 1:22 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in General News, Politics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

The New Yorker – Sorting out the Senate

In Con­gress it isn’t major­ity rule, it’s super-majority rule.

January 3, 2011 – 2:40 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Politics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off

NYTimes.com – Deep Hole Economics

Pretty sim­ple, jobs, jobs and more jobs should be the pri­mary pri­or­ity of any gov­ern­ment in this situation.

January 2, 2011 – 11:48 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Economics, Politics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off