In 1993 and 1994, Newt Gingrich changed the way that the Republican party does business. Before Gingrich, there were policy differences, but strong working relationships allowed major legislation to move when Reagan and Bush Sr. worked with … [Read more...]
Archives for February 12, 2009
Immigration raids as defacto economic stimulus payments?
For each illegal immigrant warehoused [ooops I mean jailed] the federal government pays $90.00 a day. See: http://www.boston.com/news/loc... These payments added $33 million to the budget of Bristol County's Sheriff Hodgson: Bristol … [Read more...]
Wanted
Research concepts have outlined two different methods by which potential GPS "pay by the mile" car transponders have been "fried" in a laboratory setting. The only remaining problem is to make these devices smaller and battery powered … [Read more...]
Gregg Withdraws As Commerce Nominee
I'm sure someone will post some more details, but here is his statement: I want to thank the President for nominating me to serve in his Cabinet as Secretary of Commerce. This was a great honor, and I had felt that I could bring some views … [Read more...]
New Speaker shakes up the House; Bosley out as Economic Development chair
Speaker Bob DeLeo has named his leadership team and committee chairs. John Rogers and his supporters are notably absent (Rogers is out as Majority Leader and has no chairmanships). Surprise! The full list is available here. … [Read more...]
A spending czar. Really?
Herald reports: Gov. Deval Patrick has tapped real estate executive Jeffrey Simon as the state's spending czar to oversee doling out the Bay State's portion of the $790 billion federal stimulus. Simon, who will earn $150,000 and report to … [Read more...]
Some Dems balk at stimulus – damn OBSTRUCTIONISTS
Don't these Democrats know we are losing 500 million jobs/month? We cannot delay this bill any longer without causing a catastophe... Armegeddon... dogs and cats living together... Story And there are reports that House Speaker Nancy … [Read more...]
Improving Enforcement on Four Unrelated Students Zoning Code
On Boston Daily, I’ve blogged about why I’ve filed an amendment to a 2004 law that requires colleges and universities to gather addresses from their students to help Boston’s Inspectional Services Department to help … [Read more...]
Heroes in the GOP
In the spirit of bipartisanship, I wanted to take just a very brief moment (I have class in 5 min) to recognize and applaud a couple of Americans for standing up and doing the right thing. Kudos to Chene Thompson and her husband, Florida … [Read more...]
Two faces of Partisanship
A large swath of the Washington punditocracy have pushed the meme of bi-partisanship. The new Obama administration often seems aligned with this effort. But in passing the stimulus bill "bipartisanship" has too often meant … [Read more...]