by Bill Scher | May 22, 2007 | Blog
ABC News reports that average gas prices are as high as ever been recorded, after adjusting for inflation: $3.22 a gallon. High prices for fossil fuels wouldn't be a big deal, if consumers had affordable, cleaner alternatives. But we don't, thanks to years of...
by Bill Scher | May 22, 2007 | Blog
Yesterday, Senator Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., defended plans for a Senate no-confidence vote on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, saying, "The president can keep him. He has the constitutional power to do it. But we have the constitutional power to try to pressure the...
by Bill Scher | May 21, 2007 | Blog
Yesterday, Senator Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., defended plans for a Senate no-confidence vote on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, saying, "The president can keep him. He has the constitutional power to do it. But we have the constitutional power to try to pressure the...
by Bill Scher | May 21, 2007 | Blog
Senator Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., who opposed last year's immigration bill, is trying to sell the new compromise to his fellow conservatives by touting the end of "chain immigration," how nativists describe the policy of allowing legal immigrants to unite their families. But...
by Bill Scher | May 21, 2007 | Blog
As the Capitol Hill debate on "cap and trade" global warming legislation continues, always keep in mind that not all caps are the same. Loopholes and poor structure can make a cap ineffective. Here, we've talked a little more about possible loopholes than the overall...
