Category Archives: Bungling government

CNN If it looks like a tax and smells like a tax it must be a tax! Chief Justice Roberts: The decider The chief justice pointedly wrote that the court did not pass judgment on the wisdom of the law, … Continue reading →

Inoltre italiana CNN Nessun procedimento penale per vilipendio del titolare: Washington (CNN) – La Casa Bianca e il Dipartimento di Giustizia ha chiarito Venerdì ciò che era stato previsto fin dall’inizio: Attorney General Eric Holder non dovrà affrontare procedimenti penali … Continue reading →

CNN No criminal prosecution of Holder for contempt: Washington (CNN) — The White House and the Justice Department made clear Friday what had been expected all along: Attorney General Eric Holder will not face criminal prosecution under the contempt of … Continue reading →

New York Times House votes to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt: The vote to find Holder in contempt was 255 to 67, with 108 Democrats abstaining — capped weeks of partisan sniping over Holder’s decision not to turn … Continue reading →

Fox News Supreme Court upholds Obama health care mandate: “Because the Constitution permits such a tax, it is not our role to forbid it, or to pass upon its wisdom or fairness,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in an opinion … Continue reading →

New York Times WASHINGTON — An intense debate within the Obama administration over resuming military assistance to Egypt, which in the end was approved Friday by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, turned in part on a question that had … Continue reading →

Washington Post Wealth of U.S. families drops 40 percent, Fed says: The Federal Reserve’s detailed survey of consumer finances showed families’ median wealth plunged from $126,400 in 2007 to $77,300 in 2010 — a 39 percent decline. That put them … Continue reading →