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The Humpty-Dumpty SCOTUS

…grandfather clause function: it’s a super old tradition. But it only became a super old tradition because it was apparently okay for Congress to do this kind of thing. And…

We have QE III

…the Committee agreed today to increase policy accommodation by purchasing additional agency mortgage-backed securities at a pace of $40 billion per month. The Committee also will continue through the end…

Tax Patents

by Linda Beale Tax Patents crossposted with Ataxingmatter The Senate Judiciary Committee did a markup of its patent reform legislation (S.23) today (Feb. 3, 2011) and –in a unanimous vote–…

Near Post-mortem for the Gang of Six/Seven

…simply decided to side-line the Chairman of the Finance Committee Sub-Committee on Health, i.e. Rockefeller and liberals generally. There was nothing bi-partisan or pertaining to regular order in creation of…