Not too much to say here. They did vote on the WEP and the GPO. They passed it. I get the impression the politicians are going to take advantage of the elderly and not pay more into the SS Fund. A few years back it was easy enough to fix with a tweak of an […]
Currently US ally Israel is responding to a massive terrorist invasion. The US response is slightly hampered by the fact that the United States has “no confirmed ambassadors to Israel, Egypt, Oman, or Kuwait”, also “the counterterrorism envoy position and human rights envoy position as well as the top job at the U.S. Agency for International Development […]
The US government will shut down tomorrow. Two people are responsible. One is Kevin McCarthy who will not allow a vote on the Senate’s continuing resolution. The other is Senator Rand Paul who will not allow waiver of the absurd official rules of the Senate so the Senate will not vote on the bill before […]
The final 2020 Senate nowcast: 51 Democrats, 48 GOPers, 1 true toss-up Here are the final maps for the Senate, including all polls since October 1. I’ll post the Presidential nowcast separately later since it is going to be significantly longer this week. To refresh, In the first map below: – States where the race […]
The Washington Post carried a story on a Senate hearing on money laundering, one example being HSBC. The criticism was aimed at the OCC regulators who failed to pursue the issue. Also notice the fuss is over a foreign bank. The U.S. affiliate of global banking giant HSBC was for years a haven for foreign […]
MSNBC reports Obama signs tax cut bill into law : The Senate vote was 65-31. The House had passed an identical version of the bill, 250-175, on Wednesday. Link to S4023 as passed by the Senate today. Obama was expected to sign it next week, although the change wouldn’t take immediate effect. The legislation says […]