Here's a pair of messages from Marc Kenen, the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Charter School Association. posted 07/16/2010 Early next week The United States Senate will debate an appropriations bill that includes a new $10 billion … [Read more...]
Archives for July 28, 2010
Democrats could have ended the Senate filibuster in 2009
A quick constitutional law check, since this confusing issue understandably perplexes, and vexes, many. A majority of Senators can end the filibuster at the start of each new Senate session (Congressional sessions last two years). Ezra … [Read more...]
Have you Heard? – by Ed Augustus
# On Monday night, Jim appeared on Hardball with Chris Matthews to discuss the war. # Today, he was quoted in Maureen Dowd's New York Times column, # The Washington Post, # Bloomberg, # The Boston Globe, # and the Associated Press. Jim has … [Read more...]
Race To The Top’s Problem With Civil Rights Ideals
The full 17-page Google Doc from the civil rights groups is here. Read it and you'll see that it is more than just criticism of RTTT, it offers good ideas that are fairer to all the children of America, not just in the states that … [Read more...]
Another Bad Vote
While teachers are being laid off in Brockton, storefronts are empty from Needham to Dorchester, and so many people are still struggling to find work, I am disappointed that Stephen Lynch yet again voted with Republicans to commit another … [Read more...]
Stop the Senate from Gutting the Clean Air Act!
Fortunately, not everyone is so clueless as the U.S. Senate appears to be right now. For instance, in yesterday's Politico, two energy investors – one Democrat, one Republican – explained what's at stake in … [Read more...]
“Judge Blocks Part of Controversial Arizona Immigration Law” – UPDATED
From CNN.com A federal judge has granted an injunction blocking enforcement of parts of a controversial immigration law in Arizona that is scheduled to go into effect Thursday. So is a 21st Century Fort Sumter coming down the pike? UPDATE: … [Read more...]
Abolish the filibuster- over time
It's a fair assumption that much of the public and especially readers of this blog are frustrated that the amount of progress made this year in enacting legislation has been severely hampered by the use of the filibuster. Effectively, it … [Read more...]
Comment of the day (from, er, Monday)
By Johnk from JohnD's diary "What will happen to the Bush tax cuts?" More on the Tax Foundation (founded 1937) here. … [Read more...]
Question for Parents
Question. How much money would you want in exchange for intentionally giving your child an education inferior to the one he/she is currently receiving? Answer Why $250 million of course. Answer Explained Democratic Socialism cannot work … [Read more...]