Rep. Jane Harman, Democrat from California, served as chairman of a subcommittee overseeing aspects of homeland security and intelligence in 2008. During that same period, she disclosed over $1 million in holdings in companies involved in those same fields, making her one of many lawmakers to invest in the same industries they are tasked with […]
Jeff Spross
Jeff Spross was the economics and business correspondent for The Week, an economics and climate reporter for ThinkProgress, and has written for the policy journal Democracy.
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The TAP Five.
The five TAP pieces that have made a stir around the web this week. “On Helen Thomas“ “It’s Not the End of Men“ “POTUS Descends Into B-Movie Parody“ “How We Talk About Energy“ “Learning About the Left From Glenn Beck“
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The Little Picture: Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel this week proposed 80 billion euros in spending cuts and new fees in order to reduce her country’s budget deficit. It’s just one instance of a growing trend of fiscal tightening amongst countries around the world: If their timing is right, the leaders would be acting with foresight that […]
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The Little Picture: Sen. Russ Feingold.
Sen. Russ Feingold, Democrat from Wisconsin, is sponsoring legislation introduced yesterday that would give presidents a modified form of line-item veto over spending and appropriations called “expedited rescissions authority.” Rep. Louise Slaughter is not so thrilled, having argued that presidents already have sufficient power over spending, and that this new bill would upset the balance […]
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The Little Picture: Sen. Lindsey Graham.
Sen. Lindsey Graham speaking at the World Economic Forum in January. Yesterday, Graham declared his intention to vote against a climate change bill he crafted with John Kerry and Joe Lieberman. Bradford Plumer isn’t buying Graham’s justification. Ezra Klein is slightly more forgiving, but goes on to declare the “lone Republican” legislative strategy dead in […]
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The Little Picture: Blanche Lincoln.
Sen. Blanche Lincoln from Arkansas is one of several incumbents embroiled in a tough primary fight today, a race her state’s political establishment now expects her to lose. Monica Potts asked whether Lincoln’s challenger, Lt. Gov. Bill Halter, stood a chance in the general election. (Flickr/studio08denver)
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The Little Picture: Thad Allen
On Sunday’s “Face the Nation,” the Coast Guard commander overseeing the federal government’s response to the BP oil leak, Adm. Thad Allen, said that the spill would not be fully contained until completion of the relief wells in August and that cleanup could last well into the fall. Allen served as Coast Guard commandant from […]
