In President Obama’s most recent State of the Union address, he made a call to action for Congress to, “give America a raise.” This meant of course raising the minimum wage from the current $7.25 an hour to his proposed $10.10 an hour. In the aftermath of this proposition, economists analyzed the effects introducing this […]
In his latest State of the Union address President Obama made the comment that this year, if Congress was unwilling to act, he would utilize “the pen and the phone” to push legislation through. What the president is referring to here is of course his use of executive action to enact legislation that he feels […]
The midterm elections are fast approaching in November 2014; and, their potential impact is already being felt throughout Washington. It is already evident that both parties want to be on the “right” side of popular issues so as to ensure their reelection and party control in both houses of Congress for the next two years.Democrats […]
This past week marked an important landmark in Internet legislation as The D.C. Court of Appeals struck down the FCC’s ruling that prohibited Internet providers, like Verizon and AT&T, from blocking any legal information or access on their network. This notion is based on the concept of open Internet rules, which demand that providers remain […]