So much for transparency Dunstan Prial reports: Under a little-noticed provision of the recently passed financial-reform legislation, the Securities and Exchange Commission no longer has to comply with virtually all requests for information releases from the public, including those filed under the Freedom of Information Act. The law, signed last week by President Obama,...
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From ATR.org In just six months, the largest tax hikes in the history of America will take effect.  They will hit families and small businesses in three great waves on January 1, 2011: (N.B. This version of the document contains even more tax hikes than the original version did) First Wave: Expiration of 2001...
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The Cato: The debate on extending the Bush tax cuts has begun. Those opposed to extension argue that the cuts would greatly increase the federal deficit. The first thing to note is that extending all the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts would lose the government about $216 billion a year in 2012 and rising...
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Previously we offered Brooklawn Strategies LLC the opportunity to explain their methodology and experience in polling. They took us up on it. On July 13th and 14th Brooklawn Strategies conducted a poll of likely Republican primary voters in the 2nd Congressional District for the Peckinpaugh for Congress campaign.  Calls were placed by Western Wats...
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Meet the candidates, before you vote in the primary! The Mansfield Republican Town committee is hosting a “Meet the Candidates” evening on Wednesday August 4, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Eagleville Fire House Hall on Route 32 in Mansfield. This will give anyone an opportunity to get to know the candidates who...
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Press Release July 26, 2010 Doug Dubitsky for Congress Immediate Release Dubitsky Questions Novak’s Endorsement Claim Doug Dubitsky, Republican candidate for Congress in Connecticut’s 2nd Congressional District said today that one of his GOP rivals for the seat is misusing former President Ronald Reagan’s name in an effort to mislead voters. In campaign literature,...
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Press Release: West Hartford, Conn., June 26, 2010 – Linda McMahon for Senate 2010 today announced that House Republican Leader Larry Cafero has given his support to Republican Senate Nominee Linda McMahon. “As a proud Connecticut Republican, I believe with all my heart that our state and our country are better served with a...
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A federal grant of $150,000,000 will create 300 “permanent” jobs.  That’s $500,000 per job.  The occasion was a new battery factory in Michigan that will produce batteries for electric cars. When we point out the Government is picking winners and losers this is what we mean. Problem is, there is no market for these...
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The DISCLOSE Act, slightly modified, is headed for a cloture vote on Tuesday afternoon. The alterations to the bill have changed few minds outside of Congress. It remains to be seen whether the modification in the bill — the sponsor removed a passage allowing labor unions to transfer funds among its affiliates — will...
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