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As a new measure that would reduce federal excise tax on beer from small breweries, or Small BREW Act, makes it way to Capitol Hill, big name beer-makers, like Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors, are taking a stand against the bill, declaring it too divisive…
Read More → Mar 27, 2013
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The Swamp, Uncategorized
Tagged big beer, Capitol Hill, Congress, craft beer, lobbyists, local brewery, Small Business, tax policy, taxes
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The House of Representatives today approved a Senate-passed measure to prevent a government shutdown scheduled for next week. It also ensured that several military and domestic agencies would have some wiggle room regarding the looming $85 billion in automatic spending…
Read More → Mar 21, 2013
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The Swamp
Tagged automatic spending cuts, budget battle, Congress, government shutdown, House of Representatives, senate
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WH Is Willing to Compromise; House Republicans Won’t Budge
Feb 26, 2013
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The Swamp, Videos
Tagged budget cuts, Congress, House of Representatives, Republicans, sequestration, white house
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This morning, Ezra Klein takes us through the absurdity that is the Republican intransigence to compromise, who instead favor a sequester that would give them remarkably less than following through with a WH deal that would actually give them most…
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Today marks the 100th birthday of the federal income tax, which was first implemented in 1861 by Congress to help finance the Civil War, though proposals have circulated since the War of 1812. Molly Michelmore over at the Washington Post relays…
Read More → Feb 18, 2013
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Economy/Banks
Tagged civil war, Congress, federal income tax, income tax, U.S. Constitution, War of 1812
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While Congress is currently doing very little, perhaps we’d be better off if it stopped doing anything at all – meaning the expiration of the Bush-Era tax cuts,…
Read More → Dec 6, 2011
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Economy
Tagged budget deficit, Congress, deficit reduction, spending cuts
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Yesterday, 60 Minutes aired their hotly contested special detailing how members of Congress can make (and have made) boatloads due to an exemption allowing them to profit from insider information. The strangest part: It’s perfectly legal. The…
Read More → Nov 14, 2011
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Uncategorized
Tagged Congress, credit cards, graft, insider trading, Pelosi
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Several Democratic Senators have recently introduced a constitutional amendment that would overturn the hotly contested Citizens United decision…
Read More → Nov 3, 2011
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Uncategorized
Tagged campaign finance, campaign spending, Citizens United, Congress, constitutional amendment
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Oct 26, 2011
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Economy
Tagged CBS, concentration of wealth, Congress, democrats, income inequality, NYT, public approval, Republicans
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