RESPONSE ACTION NETWORK 12/02/2017 THE PERKS OF BEING IN CONGRESS

Trump's Quiet Assault On The Voracious Administrative State One area where the federal government has expanded its power the most, and with the least public awareness, is through something called the administrative state. The term generally describes how vague laws and congressional indifference to its own . . .  Read More > A Fight For Control Of Consumer Watchdog Agency The week after Thanksgiving brought with it one of the more bizarre tales to ooze out of the DC swamp -- a political and legal fight for control of a powerful federal agency most people have never heard of: An Obama-era official at the Consumer Financial Protection . . .  Read More > The GOP Turns A Blind Eye To DC's Spending Addiction Not that long ago, there was a breed of politician elected to Congress dedicated to cleaning up the swollen river of red ink running through the federal budget. Those tough talking, tea party-inspired congressmen knew the government's spending problems would bring catastrophe . . .  Read More > The Perks Of Being In Congress As Congress gets its turn in the pilory, with allegations of sexual harassment, crude behavior, and assorted ugliness tearing through the marble halls and wooden egos of the political class, it's worth recalling that members of the congressional club have a pretty . . .  Read More > Your Tax Dollars At Work: Rep. Raul Grijalva Edition Following up on an earlier item about congressional perks, we would be remiss not to note the secretive funds and associated shenanigans members of Congress use to hush-up allegations of workplace misbehavior. Consider the case of Rep. Raul Grijalva, who, as the . . .  Read More > Democrats Threaten A Government Shutdown (Again) Lost in the shuffle of DC's wrestling with its creepy congressmen problem, North Korean missile launches, the tax reform debate, and so on was that Democrats are threatening to shut down the federal government (this time, on December 9th). What's their . . .  Read More > Book Review: Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign With the news turning again to Hillary Clinton's emails, and the role now-former FBI director James Comey played in the 2016 election, it's valuable to wade past the partisan hysteria and get back to basics. There is no better resource for such an expedition than the engaging new book titled Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed . . .  Read More >

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