20 Republican Attorneys General argue HR1 is unconstitutional
Bethany Blankley | The Center Square (THe Center Square) – Twenty Republican attorneys general argue that HR1, the “For the People Act,” which passed the U.S. House late in the night on Wednesday, is unconstitutional. The chief legal officers of 20 states sent a letter to the leaders of the U.S. House and Senate, arguing […]
Sorry, Republicans: If You’re Not Cutting Spending, You’re Not Cutting Taxes
. by Thomas L. Knapp President Donald Trump and Republican congressional leaders rolled out their new tax plan on November 2. Since all bills must have titles, they’re calling this one “The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.” Republican “tax reform” theatrics have worn thin over many months of waiting, but I still prefer a more […]
CA Controller Opposes Federal Tax Reform Proposal
SACRAMENTO – State Controller Betty T. Yee, today released the following statement denouncing President Trump’s tax overhaul as deeply flawed and harmful to California’s economy. “I am disappointed that the Trump administration would use desperately needed tax reform as a tool to play partisan politics. His proposal will benefit billion-dollar corporations and the wealthy CEOs […]
Dream(er) State
by Phil Erwin For a moment, it seemed we might have crossed some metaphorical Rubicon, and were on the verge of getting an actual dinnertime “deal” on “DACA” (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) between President Trump and Democrat leaders Chuck Shumer and Nancy Pelosi (collectively dubbed “Chancy” by one clever pundit.) Post-dessert, “Chancy” rushed to […]
Jerry Brown STOLE $84 Million From Feds for Boondoggle Water Project
. By Stephen Frank, California Political News and Views Finally an audit proves how corrupt Jerry Brown is. The people of Ohio, Vermont and Wyoming need to demand their money back. His boondoggle of a twin tunnel plan—no new water, just a payoff to unions and crony capitalists is going to cost “$16 billion”—the real […]
CA Controller Calls on Congress to Save Federal Deduction for State and Local Taxes
In letters to members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance and the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means, State Controller Betty T. Yee today expressed her opposition to the president’s proposal to eliminate the federal deduction for state and local taxes. “With the net effect of a tax increase, this change […]
Lawmakers Make Power Play Against Trump Admin On Omnibus
By ROBERT DONACHIE Finance and Health Care Reporter . Congress expanded funding given to federal agencies President Donald Trump promised to gut by billions of dollars in the newly drafted bi-partisan legislation intended to keep the government from shutting down. The House Appropriations Committee released the 2017 fiscal Omnibus Appropriations bill Monday, a piece of […]
State Controller finds Oxnard’s independent auditors satisfied federal reporting requirements
The City of Oxnard and independent auditor Eadie and Payne LLP announced Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, that California State Controller Betty T. Yee found that Eadie and Payne LLP satisfied federal reporting requirements for the 2015 single audit report it completed for the City of Oxnard. “This is another step toward putting our fiscal house […]
Weekend Circuit: Muslim Group Under Fire, Mass. Gun Law Stands
This is Weekend Circuit, buy cialis a weekly review of the serious and the silly in federal appellate courts in the last week. Council On American Islamic Relations Will Stand Trial For Fraud The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday senior officials at CAIR, a public interest law firm representing Muslim-Americans, must stand trial […]
The FBI Has an Enemies List: First They Came for Free Talk Live …
. . By Thomas L. Knapp A typical Granite State Sunday morning on the cusp of spring, and a scene surprising no one who watches the news or any number of television shows dedicated to fictional or real-life law enforcement: SUVs and police cruisers surrounding a house. Figures in bulletproof vests marked “FBI” hauling away […]
