…now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality — judiciously, as you will — we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which…

…a series of binational agreements aimed at improving environmental conditions in the Great Lakes Basin, the Congress passed the Great Lakes Critical Programs Act. This act, which amended the Clean…

…the FISA act. Never mind the fact that Bush’s actions are clearly a violation of the FISA act, which is constitutional (in spite of Senator Specter’s flip-flopping claim to the…

…In a notice to Congress, Bush said the hurricane had caused “a national emergency” that permits him to take such action under the 1931 Davis-Bacon Act in ravaged areas of…

…not the costs. Inter-state cooperation clearly has strong benefits, and reaping them almost by definition requires coordinated action by the federal government. In fact, I believe we first learned that…

…to the administration’s moves to erode the ability of individuals to exercise their democratic rights to stand up against the government. Note that while the Patriot Act is one example…

…expecting a quick series of rate hikes going forward. I don’t think that we’ll actually see that. I think that the Fed is actually engaged in actively steering market’s perceptions…

…lawsuit, this one in Federal court: In their lawsuit against the state, Perry and Dewhurst, the Democrats claimed that GOP leaders violated the federal Voting Rights Act by dropping a…

…to support a finding of state action. The Oregon court based its decision on the initiative and referendum powers reserved to Oregon citizens in the state constitution. The California and…

…When you and the President sought our support for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), you pledged that if we liked the health plans we have now, we could keep them….