Mar 18th, 2010 · The current law punishes crack users 100 times more heavily than powder cocaine users. Critics say the sentencing disparity has had a huge impact on people of color, partly because crack cocaine is much cheaper. A bill passed by the Senate brings the 100-to-1 ratio down to 18-to-1.
Mar 18th, 2010 · The current law punishes crack users 100 times more heavily than powder cocaine users. Critics say the sentencing disparity has had a huge impact on people of color, partly because crack cocaine is much cheaper. A bill passed by the Senate brings the 100-to-1 ratio down to 18-to-1.
Mar 17th, 2010 · It would provide a temporary payroll tax holiday to companies that hire and would pump $20 billion into the federal highway construction fund to make up for low gasoline tax revenues.
Mar 17th, 2010 · It would provide a temporary payroll tax holiday to companies that hire and would pump $20 billion into the federal highway construction fund to make up for low gasoline tax revenues.
Mar 17th, 2010 · After a messy Senate burial late last year, the government-run health insurance plan may be back. Proponents cite continued wide support and the fact that this time it needs fewer votes to pass in the Senate.
Mar 16th, 2010 · Democrats are exploring a tricky procedure called "deeming" to speed up passage of health care legislation. The move would allow the House to pass the Senate health bill without a separate and distinct vote on it.
Mar 16th, 2010 · The Supreme ruled in the case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that the government may not place limits on the political speech of corporations. In that spirit, Murray Hill Inc., a Silver Spring, Md., PR firm, is planning to run for Congress. Eric Hensal, the man behind the firm's tongue-in-cheek run for the Senate, offers his insight.
Mar 16th, 2010 · House Democrats may tackle overhaul by formally voting on fixes to the Senate health bill. By passing them, legislators would deem the underlying Senate bill also approved. The approach, also called a "self-executing rule," is used fairly frequently on Capitol Hill, but not on anything as big as health overhaul.