Feb 28 Despite Votes Today, Sequester Deadlines Will Come and Go By Christina Bellantoni Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke this week about the GOP agenda and the economic impact of sequestration as fellow Republicans Sen. John Barrasso, left, Sen. Jerry Moran, and Sen. Roy Blunt listen. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images Maybe they… Continue reading
Feb 28 Watch News Wrap: Last Attempts by Lawmakers to Prevent Sequester Fail In other news Thursday, it was "sequester eve" in Washington: the final day before $85 billion dollars in automatic spending cuts take effect. Also, the Obama administration plans to intervene in a challenge to California's gay marriage ban. The Justice… Continue watching
Feb 27 Watch Is Discrimination History Provision of Voting Rights Act Still Relevant? Is Discrimination History Provision of Voting Rights Act Still Relevant?… Continue watching
Feb 27 Watch Supreme Court Hears Arguments Against Key Provision of Voting Rights Act Supreme Court Hears Arguments Against Key Provision of Voting Rights Act… Continue watching
Feb 27 Sequester Stalemate Leads to Salty Talk, Little Dialogue House Speaker John Boehner listens to questions during a press conference Tuesday in Washington. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images Tuesday may have marked a new low in sequestration rhetoric, with congressional leaders trading barbs over which party is… Continue reading
Feb 26 Watch Case on Police Collecting DNA From Criminals Reaches Supreme Court Case on Police Collecting DNA From Criminals Reaches Supreme Court… Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch Did Embattled Confirmation Process Weaken New Defense Secretary Hagel? Did Embattled Confirmation Process Weaken New Defense Secretary Hagel?… Continue watching
Feb 26 Our Past Still Speaks: Re-examining the Voting Rights Act By Ray Suarez President Lyndon Johnson discusses the Voting Rights Act with civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in 1965, the year it was signed into law. Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images Let me begin this discussion of the landmark Voting Rights… Continue reading
Feb 26 Watch Fed Chair Bernanke Warns Lawmakers Sequester Could Slow Economic Recovery Fed Chair Bernanke Warns Lawmakers Sequester Could Slow Economic Recovery… Continue watching
Feb 26 Why the Sequester Won't Solve America's Debt Problems By Laurence Kotlikoff While Congressional leaders squabble about the sequester, scheduled to take effect March 1, Making Sense contributor Larry Kotlikoff says that the United States has bigger financial problems that could affect generations to come. Photo by Dave Reede/Getty Images. Paul Solman:… Continue reading