The Steinberg Files

Image via Wikipedia MSNBC Reports: “The Senate’s Republican leader says congressional lawmakers can and should vote to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care law, repeatedly if necessary. If Obama should veto laws repealing the health care overhaul, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says, the House should cancel funding for its programs. As for the Senate, [...]

Image via Wikipedia Scott Rasmussen writes in today’s Wall Street Journal: “Central to the Democrats’ electoral woes was the debate on health-care reform. From the moment in May 2009 when the Congressional Budget Office announced that the president’s plan would cost a trillion dollars, most voters opposed it. Today 53% want to repeal it. Opposition [...]

Image via Wikipedia Times are tough.  But you’d never know it in Washington. Break out the champagne!  It’s boom times for federal employees — financed by your tax dollars. USA Today Reports: “At a time when workers’ pay and benefits have stagnated, federal employees’ average compensation has grown to more than double what private sector [...]

Image via Wikipedia The Associated Press reports: Republicans and a growing number of Democrats in Congress want to extend all the tax cuts, at least temporarily. On Thursday, House Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio said he wants an up-or-down vote on extending all the tax cuts before congressional elections in November. “Raising taxes on [...]