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By Cliff Montgomery – Nov. 10th, 2009The Congressional Research Service (CRS) on Oct. 30th, 2009, released an informative overview of theAffordable Health Care for America Act, which the U.S. House…

By Cliff Montgomery – Nov. 9th, 2009The U.S. House of Representatives late Saturday narrowly passed a massive overhaul of America’s healthinsurance system.The Washington Post breathlessly hailed the legislation–called H.R. 3962…

By Cliff Montgomery – Nov. 4th, 2009The Obama Administration has granted some form of waiver to the president’s famed Ethics Pledge forseventeen appointees.The waivers exempt the appointees from Obama’s ‘revolving…

By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 29th, 2009The Congressional Research Service (CRS) on Oct. 2nd issued a study on the Great Recession. The report’sconclusion? The financial pain is still with us,…

By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 26th, 2009The United States was responsible for over 70% of the industrial world’s arms transfer agreements withdeveloping nations in 2008 , reveals a Congressional Research…

By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 23rd, 2009Middle-class Americans will still struggle with huge health insurance costs if the Senate Finance Committeelegislation known as the Baucus Bill becomes law.The bill, put…

By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 18th, 2009The Obama Administration should break up all large financial entities considered “too big to fail,” former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan recently told a…

By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 12th, 2009Some in the Corporate Media already are crowing that Americans will not ‘tolerate’ another stimulus packageto bolster the anemic economy of Main Street.But then…

By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 10th, 2009 Three provisions of the Bush-era Anti-Patriot Act are set to expire on December 31st – Congress currently is debating controversial legislation to renew…

By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 5th, 2009The Senate Judiciary Committee last week began its debate of legislation intended to extend three provisionsof the Bush-era Anti-Patriot Act which are set to…

By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 1st, 2009 U.S. Defense Department contractors in Afghanistan now outnumber the uniformed American military personnel in that country, declares a recent study from the Congressional…

By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 26th, 2009The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) often is called “the congressional watchdog” and “the investigative arm of Congress.” On September 22nd, GAO released a…

By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 21st, 2009If anyone doubts that American health care costs are needlessly spiraling out of control, a fascinatinginternational cost comparison of 30 democracies discussed by the…

By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 18th, 2009The Congressional Research Service (CRS) on August 31st released a intriguing study entitled, Access to Government Information In the United States.It reminds us that…

By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 13th, 2009Addison (Joe) Wilson made something of a fool out of himself Wednesday night, during President Barack Obama’s speech to Congress discussing the dire need…

By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 8th, 2009A very interesting health care report was issued on July 29th by the Congressional Research Service (CRS). It reminds us of the folly in…

By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 4th, 2009Conservative lawmakers who refuse to discuss any public health care option for average Americans have longenjoyed the benefits of a government-run health care service…

By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 30th, 2009A federal court on Aug. 20th threw out a lawsuit which challenged the legality of the FISA Amendments Act(FAA)–a controversial law that allows the…

By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 26th, 2009Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), perhaps the most effective U.S. Senator of the modern era, died last night. Hewas 77 years old.The late lawmaker’s Senate…

By Cliff Montgomery – Aug 21st, 2009A top biological and chemical arms control expert called Wednesday for an immediate ban on the use of genetherapy and other life sciences for…

By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 17th, 2009Despite the Obama Administration’s apparent waffling on providing a federal public option for health care, “atleast 13 states have invested millions of dollars this…

By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 13th, 2009The National Law Center on lessness & Poverty and The National Coalition for the less recently published a joint study entitled, s Not Handcuffs:…

By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 8th, 2009Some recent town hall meetings on health care reform have been brought to a halt by a handful of ‘protesters’,who work hard to turn…