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Warren, Brown, Sign Pact Banning Third-Party Ad Spending in MA-Sen
Antonin Scalia thinks that everyone should be blamed but him for the hash that the Citizens United decision, among other things, has made of the campaign finance system. Super PACs have raised more...
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White House Wants Authority to Reorganize Federal Government
President Obama has asked Congress to provide him with the authority to consolidate multiple federal agencies, the next step on a plan announced earlier in the year to reconstitute the Commerce...
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Auto Rescue Now Popular
One interesting side product of all these campaign controversies is that they have enabled public awareness of a variety of issues in ways that the Administration’s messaging operation never seemed to...
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It’s the Judicial Intervention that Matters, Not Just Health Care
Do read Jeffrey Toobin on last week’s Affordable Care Act arguments. I care less about what the display last week means for the individual mandate or health-related laws in the particular – laws that...
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Court Ruling Would Mandate Disclosure on Some Campaign Ad Spending
Obviously the case below hasn’t reached the terminus of the judicial gauntlet yet, and given the Citizens United ruling it’s a candidate for being overturned. But the Supreme Court will now be given...
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FCC Poised to Pass New Local TV Disclosure Requirements for Political Ads
Here’s some potentially good news. I wrote back in January about an FCC proposed rule that would force local TV stations to put the results of the political ad spending on their airwaves online, rather...
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FDA Seeks “Voluntary” Limits on Antibiotics in Livestock
I think you have to look at this new FDA announcement, that they will seek “voluntary” limits for antibiotics in animal feed, must be seen in a few different contexts. First, here’s Ezra Klein...
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More Examples of Government Failure-by-Design
Let’s turn to one of the hallmarks of what passes for executive leadership in late empire: the bold announcement of voluntary programs. Every so often, across my desk comes a press release touting a...
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Romney to Donors: All Obama Voters “Dependent Upon Government”
The hidden camera moment of this election cycle comes not from the long-awaited Michelle Obama Whitey tape, but from a fundraiser for the Republican nominee. Mother Jones’ David Corn has obtained...
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Emergency Management Makes the Case for Government
New York MTA crews prep for Hurricane Sandy Everyone’s linking to this New York Times op-ed about how government’s importance is magnified in the midst of natural disasters. FEMA, created by President...
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