Fairness in America Act of 2010
Election Day 2010 is but a faint memory as we head towards the s-l-o-w end of the year. With Thanksgiving behind us and Christmas just around the bend, we all recognize that the abundance of joy and...
View ArticleO Tannenbaum – Christmas Tree Bills and Laws
O Tannenbaum, a public domain Christmas carol, extols the venerable Christmas tree. While the lyrics may be seasonal, the melody is truly evergreen, having been remixed into other popular songs, such...
View ArticleCongress Commends Tainted Sports Stars
On January 10th, the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game will feature an exciting match-up between the 12-0 Oregon Ducks and the 13-0 Auburn Tigers. Cameron Newton, the quarterback who led the...
View ArticleBolsheviks Seize Control of the House
January 3rd, 2011 marked the start of the 112th United States Congress, which shifted control of the House of Representatives to the Red Republicans. In a moment that harkened back to a prior Red...
View ArticleCracking Open the CRS
This week, I want to point our readers over to a recent post by Joe Hodnicki at the Law Librarian Blog. Joe notes a letter sent recently to the Librarian of Congress, James H. Billington, requesting...
View ArticleIt Takes an Act of Congress…
I am dedicating this episode of Congressional Haiku to Representative Cliff Stearns (R-FL).Interwebs awakeFrom winter dreams. Dot.gov links,PageRank blossoms.Washington is no stranger to political...
View ArticleSecond Chance for Ex-Offenders Act of 2011
Last month, Representative Charles Rangel introduced the Second Chance for Ex-Offenders Act of 2011. The Act allows certain individuals convicted of nonviolent offenses to petition for an expungement...
View ArticleRaising the Debt Ceiling for the Children
Considering the amount of attention that our dear Congress devotes to children, I am quite surprised by the average academic performance delivered by our sweet angels when compared to their peers in...
View ArticleCarrier IQ Faces 11 Class-Action Lawsuits Over Phone Data Software
Carrier IQ, a mobile phone software and data analytics company that gives telecoms business intelligence on connections, dropped calls and user behavior was hit with at least eleven consumer...
View ArticleFacebook Hacks Capitol Hill
Facebook is hacking Congress. But don’t be alarmed.It’s all legal. Really.Democratic and Republican lawmakers and their staffs are making nice on Capitol Hill this afternoon in a hackathon with...
View ArticleCongress Recruiting Founding Fathers to Save the Republic
Last month, Representative Don Young of Alaska introduced the DebtPatriots.Gov Act of 2011, which calls for the creation of a website dedicated to collecting donations to reduce the public debt of the...
View ArticleO Tannenbaum – Christmas Tree Bills and Laws
O Tannenbaum, a public domain Christmas carol, extols the venerable Christmas tree. While the lyrics may be seasonal, the melody is truly evergreen, having been remixed into other popular songs, such...
View ArticleCongress Commends Tainted Sports Stars
On January 10th, the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game will feature an exciting match-up between the 12-0 Oregon Ducks and the 13-0 Auburn Tigers. Cameron Newton, the quarterback who led the...
View ArticleBolsheviks Seize Control of the House
January 3rd, 2011 marked the start of the 112th United States Congress, which shifted control of the House of Representatives to the Red Republicans. In a moment that harkened back to a prior Red...
View ArticleCracking Open the CRS
This week, I want to point our readers over to a recent post by Joe Hodnicki at the Law Librarian Blog. Joe notes a letter sent recently to the Librarian of Congress, James H. Billington, requesting...
View ArticleIt Takes an Act of Congress…
I am dedicating this episode of Congressional Haiku to Representative Cliff Stearns (R-FL). Interwebs awake From winter dreams. Dot.gov links, PageRank blossoms. Washington is no stranger to political...
View ArticleSecond Chance for Ex-Offenders Act of 2011
Last month, Representative Charles Rangel introduced the Second Chance for Ex-Offenders Act of 2011. The Act allows certain individuals convicted of nonviolent offenses to petition for an expungement...
View ArticleRaising the Debt Ceiling for the Children
Considering the amount of attention that our dear Congress devotes to children, I am quite surprised by the average academic performance delivered by our sweet angels when compared to their peers in...
View ArticleCongress Recruiting Founding Fathers to Save the Republic
Last month, Representative Don Young of Alaska introduced the DebtPatriots.Gov Act of 2011, which calls for the creation of a website dedicated to collecting donations to reduce the public debt of the...
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