So what’s really motivating the G.O.P. attack on the Fed? Mr. Bernanke and his colleagues were clearly caught by surprise, but the budget expert Stan Collender predicted it all. Back in August, he warned Mr. Bernanke that “with Republican policy makers seeing economic hardship as the path to election glory,”…
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GOP members of the U. S. Senate Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine From the HuffingtonPost this afternoon: WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats were unable to overcome a Republican filibuster of the Paycheck Fairness Act on Tuesday, with the chamber falling two votes short of the 60 needed to end…
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The Independent Counsel/Ware Report of the Massachusetts Probation Department ordered by the State Supreme Judicial Court has been completed. The findings include: *The Hiring and Promotion Process in the Probation Departmentis Corrupt and Has Disproportionately Favored Politically-Connected Candidates *The Fraud is Systemic and Not Episodic *Commissioner O’Brien and Certain Others…
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We knew it was coming. Over on HuffingtonPost there’s a report that the “the first GOP-ordered House vote since the election” – to wit – to take away all federal funding from National Public Radio (NPR) was on tap today. The thing is according to HuffPo – “it was over before it…
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From the Governor’s Daily Update under “Ready to Finsh the Work We Started”: In an effort to maintain a top-notch Administration during his second term, Governor Patrick last week asked his Cabinet secretaries and senior Administration officials to reapply for their positions. The Governor understands the demands these jobs can…
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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Scott Brown told the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce this morning that he’s “tired of the fluff.” He says that, in nine months in Washington, the Senate has only focused for 12 days on jobs…
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According to an article in today’s Eagle-Tribune, the Lawrence police union effort to block the City of Lawrence from moving police union employees to the state insurance plan was stymied when Judge Nancy Holtz refused to issue an injunction. The city was ordered to join the state insurence part as…
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Over at HuffingtonPost this morning – Sam Stein tells us the Independent U. S. Senator from Vermont – Bernie Sanders – is calling for a meeting with Progressives to discuss the recent recommendations of the Simpson-Bowles fiscal commission. Unhappy with the preliminary report and recommendations of the co-chairs – Sanders…
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The Washington Post owners and editors should be ashamed of themselves for publishng on the home page of the paper’s website an opinion piece by pollsters Patrick H. Caddell and Douglas E. Shoen calling for President Obama to immediately announce that he will not seek re-election. Why should this president…
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Young Democrats of Massachusetts The newly formed Merrimack Valley Chapter of Young Democrats will be hosting a meeting on Friday November 19, 2010 at 6:30pm at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center in downtown Lowell. The meeting agenda includes membership registration, voting of officers, ratification of charter and informational topics. To…
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