U.S. Rep. Jim Himes became a co-sponsor of the No Labels-backed No Budget, No Pay Act (H.R. 3643/S. 1981), which will suspend pay for members of Congress if they fail to pass a concurrent budget resolution and all 12 annual spending bills on time. Himes’ support brings the total count to 78 co-sponsors for the …
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July 20, 2012 Forty years in the newspaper business taught me the importance of meeting deadlines. Miss one and your story didn’t run. Miss two and you might never get a chance to miss another. Students, taxpayers, workers of all kinds know the importance of deadlines — and the consequences of missing them. Presumably, it’s …
July 19, 2012 Encouraged by the traction gained by several of their proposals to “Make Congress Work!”, the No Labels organization has announced another set of proposals to “Make the Presidency Work!” Says the organization, “Almost 40 years after Congress began the post-Watergate roll-back of the ‘Imperial Presidency,’ America’s chief executive now arguably faces too …
