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...donates to their reelection committees. This is true, but not the whole story. Another equally troubling entry point for corporate influence is in the lawmaking process itself. Interested parties do not merely participate by donating to campaign committees. They hire lobbyists to argue their case with Congress by session. These lobbyists do not convince just due to force of their arguments. Sometimes, yes, they offer help with reelection or threaten to back a challenger. Other times, they provide information other sources cannot and become an asset to Congressional offices...
...result of this increased use has been that in 2009, the Senate spent more days in session than in any other year in the previous decade. It held more Saturday and Sunday sessions than any Congress of the past 20 years. Altogether, Congress spent 1,420 hours in session—the third busiest year dating back to 1991. And yet, it passed fewer measures and public laws than in any year of the previous decade, with the exception...
Republican Congressman Paul Ryan recently received an unexpected olive branch, in a most unexpected setting. During a public sparring session with House Republicans in Baltimore on Jan. 29, President Obama singled out the Janesville, Wis., native, who has put forth a controversial plan to balance the federal budget with a sweeping overhaul of Medicare and Social Security, which together with defense spending comprise 55% of the government's total outlays. Obama called Ryan's "Roadmap for America's Future" a "serious proposal" and praised its author as a "pretty sincere guy" with a "beautiful family." It was a rare moment...
Though there was not quite a “long line” of students waiting to talk to Hammonds at her first office hours session last Friday, many students did take advantage of the opportunity to speak with the dean on a personal level. Almost all the available 10-minute time slots were filled, according to College spokesperson Jeff Neal...
...Yale: remember that crazy admissions video of Yale’s we wrote about a couple weeks back? The one where the admissions guide randomly bursts into a rendition of “That’s Why I Chose Yale” in the middle of the info session? Of course you do. Well, Ben McGrath has written a piece in the “Talk of the Town” section of this week’s New Yorker gauging the reaction from some of Yale’s more conservative, old guard alumni. Let?...