BRITISH MP’S PLAY THE JUNKET GAME FOR TRIPS TO ISRAEL: PRO- AND ANTI-ISRAELI LOBBY GROUPS PICK UP THE TAB. Conflicts involving Israel may be deadly for Gazans and Israelis, but they are an opportunity for MPs to pick up a paid trip the only “price” of which is that they issue statements of support [...]
Lawmakers in Virginia have backed off two highly controversial bills that would have been an unprecedented duel assault on the rights and privacy of women in the commonwealth. The rapid disintegration of support for the measures could the clearest evidence yet that a sustainable backlash is developing in what can only be described as a nationwide war [...]
From presidential politics to the halls of Congress to state legislatures across the nation, scores of lawmakers and politicians have made the curious decision to launch an assault on women’s rights. Despite an incumbent president vulnerable thanks to persistent economic worries and states faced with ills ranging from budget deficits to foreclosure crises, America’s current [...]
MANAGING THE PUBLIC DEBT CRISIS: OBAMA TAKES RADICAL CENTER WHILE GOP DIGS IN ITS CONSERVATIVE HEELS. (The New York Times) This is the New York Times characterization of the current debate over reducing the federal debt and/or raising the debt limit. With Republican lawmakers apparently prepared to shut down the government without severe cuts in [...]
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