For fans of the national pastime in Washington, D.C., it would be great if the Nationals could just start the new season where they left off last year. The District’s boys of summer would automatically be handed the 2013 National League East division title, and fans could spend carefree months without worrying about whether the team will make it to the post-season for the second time in 80 years.
Sugar! Oh, Help Me, Help Me!
“Sugar, Sugar” was the Number One single of 1969.
Obamacare Implementation: Delay and Do a Lot!
In the previous decade, Democrats joked about what they perceived to be Republican obstructionism in the U.S. House of Representatives by invoking the double-entendre epithet, “DeLay and Doolittle.”
GOP Budget: We Balance, They Don’t
Welcome to “Extreme Sports: Capitol Hill Edition.”
The Fed Boat: A Career on Cruise-Control
On February 5, the Washington Post reported that President Obama and his emissaries – particularly in the federal-employee-intensive enclaves of the D.C. suburbs in Virginia and Maryland – were sounding the alarm of a potential furlough if the dreaded sequester (automatic spending cuts) went into effect. On Friday, March 1, with no alternative agreement among the White House, the Democratic-controlled Senate, and the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, the sequestration took effect.
Snow-quester: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to (Work?)
In 2010, Washingtonians lived through Snowmageddon. Some referred to it as the Snowpocalypse.
What If You Manufactured a Crisis, and No One Panicked?
On Friday, March 1st, 2013, the Second Mayan Apocalypse will occur – or so President Obama might have you believe.
Implement GAO Reforms: Culberson-Coburn or a Commission?
While February 2nd has long been recognized as Ground Hog Day, perhaps February 5th – at least for this year – should be coined Government Waste Elimination Day. On February 5, 2013, CAGW President Tom Schatz testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (OGR).
One for Three, and Savings for All
“To sequester, or not to sequester?” That appears to be the question for many of our congressional Hamlets.