legislation issues

The Republican plan to overturn President Obama's executive actions on immigration was to attach legislation overturning those actions on a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security. To the surprise of no one with a brain, this plan failed. After passing in the House, the bill was...

http://ktla.com/2014/05/20/anti-bullying-ordinance-in-carson-set-for-vote/#axzz32N3cCCqU While I am staunchly opposed to bullying, I find some of the details here quite troubling. I don't think parents should be held criminally liable for their child's actions, with the exception of extreme...

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/231663-left-pushes-10-minimum-wage-but-leadership-balks "But no Democratic leaders have endorsed the measure, and the silence coming from their offices this week has highlighted the potential political difficulty in raising the minimum wage — a move that’s...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/07/kan-law-thrusts-iowa-insurer-into-gun-debate/2495815/ The law of unintended consequences once again.