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The Labor Department plans to enforce labor laws. The Chamber is aghast.
Archive for April, 2010
April 30th, 2010
Category: Immigration
It appears that civil libertarians and wingnuts have united in opposition to the new Democratic immigration bill, with some progressives borrowing wingnut language: Creating a biometric national ID will not only be astronomically expensive, it will usher government into the very center of our lives. Every worker in America will need a government permission slip [...]
April 30th, 2010
Jim Manzi is that rarest of creatures: an intelligent, reality-based conservative. But that doesn’t make him right.
April 30th, 2010
Category: Climate change, Technology and Society
Says a government lab, using conservative assumptions.
April 29th, 2010
Category: Energy and Environment
Shouldn’t the latest catastrophe embarrass the advocates of offshore drilling? It doesn’t seem to.
April 29th, 2010
Category: Affordable Care Act, Health Care
… that Republicans on the Hill aren’t signing on as co-sponsors of repeal bills. How about bringing those bills to the floor for a vote just before the election?
April 28th, 2010
Category: Republican Party
Losing power seems to make Republican politicians smarter.
April 28th, 2010
Category: Immigration, Watching Conservatives
The Arizona law creates a right of private action, with attorney-fee awards, against “any agency or official” who isn’t maximally mean to people who look as if they might be illegal immigrants. Why doesn’t this bother the “tort reform” crowd?
April 27th, 2010
Category: Watching Conservatives
That’s from the Republican Review, published by the Medina County (OH) Republican Party; Sutton is running for a third term in OH-13.