Have you hugged James Madison lately?

Posted on September 24, 2009 - Filed Under Government | 3 Comments

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Exactly 220 years ago today, the first Congress of the United States approved twelve articles of amendment to the Constitution and sent them to the states for ratification. Ten of those proposed articles were eventually ratified [...]

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It’s hard to buy votes with a maxed out credit card.

Posted on September 17, 2009 - Filed Under Congress, Economics | 1 Comment

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The late U.S. Senator Everett Dirksen was of an era of quotable politicians. It was Dirksen who famously said, “A billion here and a billion there and pretty soon you’re talking about real money.”
He also said, [...]

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