…simply that each chamber of Congress “may determine the rules of its proceedings.” Those rules, written and controlled by party leadership, define: what bills get voted on; which amendments are…

…Rule” Trap Further complicating the procedure, House members rarely use discharge petitions to bring bills directly to the floor. Doing so forces consideration under regular House rules, which means opening…

…are enlisted to rule on questions that most other countries leave to voters or regulators. When a political cause can’t be won through the electoral process, lawyers sometimes seek a…

…tells me that longer term unemployment is also not likely to increase YoY. Finally, here is the update vs. the Sahm rule. So far in November, initial claims are up…

…in the range of 25%-30% higher YoY for the last 6 months without worsening. Turning to the update for the Sahm rule, on a monthly basis claim in November so…

…them.) 2.Obama’s proposed chained-CPI cut would typically reduce benefits for 3 percent, and by as much as 6 percent for some recipients. 3.The White House’s decision to label this cut…

…also added the final two sentences. The post is a followup to a post from earlier Friday. I’ve also created an additional label: mainstream-journalism gimmickry. I’ve left the original rather…

…and since then, models have proliferated, transforming the name “Smith and Wesson .38” into a generic label for a particular style of gun, even clones that aren’t made by Smith…

…benefits in exchange for the pittance of slightly higher taxes on the upper crust. The article goes even further astray at the end with its label of a “two-part deal”…

…the right to set the tone of the dialogue by letting them label the current situation. We aren’t facing a “fiscal cliff”, he notes, but rather an “austerity bomb”. [The…