The Plum Line: Missing Wisconsin Dem: We’re MIA until GOP drops assault on workers rights
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on February 18th, 2011 5:35 am by HL
The Plum Line: Missing Wisconsin Dem: We’re MIA until GOP drops assault on workers rights
I just got off the phone with Wisconsin State Senator Chris Larson, one of the Democrats who has left the capitol in order to stall the GOP’s plan to rolll back the bargaining rights of public employees. Speaking to me by cell phone from an undisclosed location, Larson said he and his fellow Demo…
Federal Eye: What might a government shutdown look like?
If President Obama and congressional Republicans fail to agree soon on how to fund the final seven months of the fiscal year, some veterans might not receive benefits checks and other Americans would be unable to apply for Social Security. The State Department might not issue new passports, unemp…
George Allen as Egypt’s James Madison?
Al Kamen’s In the Loop column remarks on former governor, senator and now senatorial candidate George’s Allen’s advice for Egyptians writing a new constitution, urges caution when using Wikipedia and finds no winners in the contest to guess the first recipient of Rep.Darrell Issa’s first subpoena.