...are decidedly one-sided. He has had his attorneys file a motion (subscription may be required) asking a federal judge to move his trial on corruption charges from Virginia to either the District of Columbia or to New Orleans. Jefferson's motive ...
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Peyton Knight looks at Rep. James Oberstar's Clean Water Restoration Act, and wonders why Congress doesn't seem to have learned much from Hurricane Katrina: In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Congressman James Oberstar (D-MN) and many of his colleagues traveled ...
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The National Center for Public Policy Research on Tuesday delivered to the Congressional leadership, as well as the members and leadership of the natural resource committees, a letter signed by 114 organizations and leaders calling on Congress to stop creating ...
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The Hill newspaper's Congress Blog covered the letter we organized, signed by 114 organizations and local leaders, calling on Congress not to support the creation of additional national heritage areas or federal funding for heritage area management entities, support groups, ...
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Supporters of U.S. ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty often claim Ronald Reagan would support ratification of LOST (also referred to as UNCLOS, short for "United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea"), were he with us ...
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Washington, D.C. - At the very time Senators were congratulating themselves for passing what they termed "the most sweeping ethics reform in history," they approved a series of "national heritage area" bills that significantly increase the potential for self-dealing and ...
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In September 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, and related floods placed thousands of homes underwater.  Now the word is that many homes across the nation soon will likely go under water in financial terms. In these cases, "underwater" means ...
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In November of 1861, as the nation faced the prospect of a long and bloody civil war, a lone preacher from Ridleyville, Pennsylvania wrote to Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase with an idea. The Reverend M. R. Watkinson proposed that ...
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Hip-Hop Hype Hurts, Just Ask Michael Vick by Kevin Martin (bio) Hip-hop culture has claimed a high-profile victim: Michael Vick. I refuse to have an ounce of sympathy for Michael Vick, who is reaching a plea agreement with federal prosecutors ...
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In mid-2006, the governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, succeeded in passing his health care reform through the Massachusetts legislature.  This ignited a debate on health care policy in the U.S. that shows no signs of subsiding.  From the governors, to ...
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