Senate

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Respect For The US Senate, Now An Oxymoron

Posted by Bob Gelber ⋅ April 5, 2010 ⋅ 3 Comments

As we approach April 15th., otherwise known as Tax Day, it’s time once again to mention the staggering corruption of the US Senate, the world’s ‘greatest deliberative body’. For well over three years (!) there has been an attempt to get rid of a loophole in the tax code granting hedge fund managers a lower … Continue reading →

All Aboard A Train Ride Worthy Of Our Politicians

Posted by Bob Gelber ⋅ March 3, 2010 ⋅ Leave a comment

In a week when natural disasters have taken over the headlines you’d think we could contain the man-made ones, at least temporarily. But no, that’s not happening. In a staggering display of dysfunction the Senate allowed a single (Republican) lawmaker to … block[ed] a $10 billion bill that would have extended unemployment benefits and other … Continue reading →