Mark Thoma puts Holtz-Eakin on (figurative) hot seat
…us. (Take Leland Stanford and the building of the great western railroads, subsidized by vast land grants and other programs from the federal government. Stanford was quite willing to let…
…us. (Take Leland Stanford and the building of the great western railroads, subsidized by vast land grants and other programs from the federal government. Stanford was quite willing to let…
…their petty, selfish games. What about the “trillion dollar platinum coin” idea? This is the law that grants the executive the right to mint platinum coins of any denomination. Why…
…National Transportation Safety Board, the Centers for Disease Control, medical research grants, supplemental aid to states for education, the Federal Emergency Management Administration, the Agriculture Department (food safety), and farm…
…as low-income. Other assistance through FEMA may be available: Assistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses, and other programs to…
…the Constitution grants Congress, not the courts, the authority to determine what types of cases the lower federal courts have “subject-matter jurisdiction,” i.e., the legal authority, to hear. This congressional…
…the waiver requests and the waiver grants until the Romney campaign made sure they and everyone else (including Romney’s base) did, it seems that the Romney campaign also wants to…
…own proposal, Mitt Romney) wants to turn Medicaid, food stamps and other safety-net programs into state-run block grants, it’s important to look at how states have cut TANF to see…
…from enacting laws that conflict with a federal statute or that intrude into a policy area in which the Constitution grants the federal government sole control (e.g., national defense and…
…criminal conspiracy that was central to his rise to political power? Is Scott Walker Facing Indictment And Does It Really Matter To Walker’s Wisconsin Supporters? Forbes John Doe Judge Grants…
…to tort reform, “innovation grants to explore non-litigation alternatives to dispute resolution” (tort reform again), allowing insurance to be sold against state lines (which would weaken state’s ability to regulate;…