…the state and the type of digital good. The push for a digital sales tax (DST) in Europe is discussed by the Congressional Research Service: Several countries, primarily in Europe,…

…a regular basis to various Congressional committees. Burns was the Chair then and the first of them who had to do this, and he set the precedent: obfuscating smoking in…

…the North long before the late presidential election….   Congressional Globe, 40th Congress, 3rd Session, pp. 269-270 This speech was a response to that of Rep. James Blaine on December…

Live-blogging the Fifteenth Amendment: January 27, 1869 (1) I have gotten a little behind in this project. Congressional activity picked up considerably in the last week of January 1869. Rep….

…in the 2018 election did not signal the start of a progressive “revolution”; it mostly reflected a predictable reaction to the unpopular policies of Trump and congressional Republicans. Any major…

…leaves to Congress the mode of regulating that appointment…. Sen. Harlan [Republican, Iowa]: … [is it] contemplated by the honorable Senator that an elector may be elected from each Congressional…

…that the damage is starting to worsen again, presumably as some re-opened businesses close again, probably some of them for good. Finally, the $600/week Congressional emergency unemployment relief is expiring…

…do something that requires Congressional action in order to be done, basically the first two of these, or is already happening (deferment of student loans, although this is complicated). Only…

…driven by lower interest rates, unprecedented Fed supply of new money, stock market gains, and – through July – the Congressional emergency stimulus and unemployment benefits. This is still showing…

…waiting to see if July would reflect the end of the emergency Congressional assistance. It didn’t. Real personal income rose less than 0.1% in July. While it is down by…