Payday or payback for Republicans?
by David Safier Weird battle lines are being drawn in the payday loan wars these days. You expect the Ds and Rs to be on opposite sides here, with the Ds for ending payday loans and the Rs trying to figure out a way to keep payday loans without actually coming out in favor of … Read more
Playing catch up
by David Safier I've been gone for about a week, busy as well as in and out of web contact. Over the next few days, I'll try to catch up on some stray postings I didn't have time for.
My Campaign: Elizabeth Warren for Treasury Secretary
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have made the case that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner should resign or be replaced with all deliberate speed in early January. I nominate Elizabeth Warren, Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the TARP fund. She "gets it." Elizabeth Warrem wrote this piece for Huffington Post Elizabeth Warren: America Without a … Read more
About damn time! Bill to restore Glass-Steagall Act to be introduced in the House
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Representatives Maurice Hinchey of New York, John Conyers of Michigan, Peter DeFazio of Oregon, Jay Inslee of Washington, and John Tierney of Massachusetts, want to restore the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933, which prohibited commercial banks from underwriting stocks and bonds. The act was repealed in 1999 at the urging of, among others, … Read more
Sen. Ben Nelson’s amendment: “Insulting, humiliating… it demonizes women”
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The senator from Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company, Ben Nelson (D-NE), after consulting over the weekend with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops USCCB – (Office of Media Relations) U.S. Bishops Urge Senators to Support Nelson-Hatch-Casey Amendment on Health Care Reform, introduced his anti-abortion amendment on Monday which is nearly identical to the … Read more
Senate Smackdown: GOP Gimmicks Backfire
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Party of No continues to engage in rank obstructionism on health care reform. Two more attempts at GOP gimmicks backfired and blew up in their face. Senate Republicans on Saturday continued their misleading fear mongering of seniors begun by Sen. John McCain reported here Sen. John McCain's rank hypocrisy on Medicare … Read more
G.I’s Idiot’s Guide to Writing Bad Legislation
by David Safier Idiot's Guides have been big over the past few years. Goldwater Institute has created one for Republican legislators, a list it calls 100 Ideas for 100 Days: Budget Solutions and Ideas for State Elected Officials. To be fair, nowhere does G.I. say Dems can't use it as well, but . . . … Read more
