History shows presidents often get stuck in the appointments process. President Obama must learn from their mistakes–or repeat them.

This Week in Congress: July 6 – 10, 2009
This week Congress takes up several appropriations bills and begins marking up health care legislation.

Understanding Bushonomics
Scott Lilly details the Bush administration’s unsustainable and unbalanced economic policies that have led to the current weak state of the U.S. economy.

This Week in Congress 5.19.08 – 5.23.08

Defending Science from Industry Assaults
David Michaels explains at a CAP event the “tricks of the trade” used by corporations to delay regulation that would make Americans safer.

This Week in Congress: July 13 – 17, 2009
This week Congress debates health reform, the F-22, the Teacher Incentive Fund, and Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court.

The Week in Congress: March 23 – 27, 2009
This week Congress and the administration continue working on the president’s proposed budget, consider the GIVE Act, and hold several health care hearings.

The Week in Congress: May 4 – 8, 2009
This week Congress looks at clean-energy legislation and measures to protect credit card holders, as well as defense appropriations.

SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS TO DIE FOR
Social Security benefits are supposed to provide living benefits however there some cases that the opposite happens. Take for example a case of a disabled person who files for a disability claim. He was still alive when he filed for the claim however the processing was so long that the disabled member died without having [...]

Open Source Recovery
Reece Rushing comments on the accountability and transparency measures the Obama administration is taking with the economic recovery plan.

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