Debt at home means no work for Defense contractor
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on November 1st, 2011 4:35 am by HL
Debt at home means no work for Defense contractor
More than 50 years ago, James Brown and the Famous Flames recorded “Bewildered,” with the words: “Must I have sleepless night and endless days.”
Today, another James Brown must be asking the same question and feeling bewildered by his current situation.
The second Brown is a 48-year-old Defense Department contractor who lives in Annapolis. But a crazy string of business problems resulted in him losing his security clearance. So now Brown is without a job.
Behind the scenes, Roskam is House GOP’s ‘listener in chief’
The cover of the book “Young Guns” features its three authors — House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), House Republican Leader Eric Cantor (Va.) and House Republican Whip Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) — posing purposefully beneath a subtitle dubbing them “A New Generation of Conservative Leaders.”
The man just below Cantor and McCarthy on the leadership ladder, House Chief Deputy Whip Peter Roskam (Ill.), is a few years older, less well-known and has no intention of writing a book anytime soon.
Supreme Court questions bad legal advice in plea bargains, won’t hear Utah cross case
Anthony Cooper got some very bad legal advice when considering a plea deal for shooting an acquaintance four times. His lawyer said the prosecution would not be able to prove intent to murder because Cooper had missed a shot to the head and hit his victim only below the waist.
So Cooper turned down an offer of four to seven years in prison. He went to trial, was convicted and is now serving 15 to 30 years.
Health, abortion issues split Obama administration and Catholic groups
A contentious battle between Catholic groups and the Obama administration has flared in recent days, fueled by the new health-care law and ongoing divisions over access to abortion and birth control.
The latest dispute centers on a decision by the Department of Health and Human Services in late September to end funding to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to help victims of human trafficking, or modern-day slavery. The church group had overseen nationwide services to victims since 2006 but was denied a new grant in favor of three other groups.
Capitol Hill power player Fred Upton switches ideological gears as his clout grows
Washington doesn’t want Fred Upton anymore. Not the Old Fred Upton, at least.
A divided capital — and a restive GOP — is insisting that the affable, dutiful Michigander can no longer be who he has long been: the ultimate moderate. As chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, this acolyte of centrist traditions is being urged to stop recognizing that the other side has a good point or two, especially points that the Republican leadership has not embraced.
