Blog: The Fine Print

FDA Makes Food Recall Search Consumer-Friendly

Apr 12, 2011 by Hal Gordon*

Last week, the FDA announced the release of a new Web search tool that will allow quicker and easier product recall searches. A new, consumer-friendly search tool covering food, drug, animal product, and medical device recalls, was mandated by the recently enacted FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

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Regulations Benefit Job Market, Report Shows

Apr 12, 2011 by Matthew Madia

Contrary to the claims of congressional Republicans, regulations are not job-killers. According to a research paper released today by the Economic Policy Institute, regulations do not cause a significant negative impact on the labor market. In fact, for some industries, regulations actually result in job growth.

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Stiff Cuts to E-Government in Compromise CR

Apr 12, 2011 by Gavin Baker

The details of the compromise continuing resolution (CR) agreed to late last Friday, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown, have been released. While more analysis is forthcoming, at this point we can say that the CR doesn't look good for e-government.

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Despite GOP’s Best Efforts, Breathe Easy ... For Now

Apr 8, 2011 by Hal Gordon*

On Thursday, the inevitable happened, and the House voted largely along party lines to strip the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of its ability to protect the public from industrial sources of greenhouse gases.   However, the Senate has slammed the brakes on this effort for the time being.

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Paul Ryan's 'Path to Prosperity' ... for the Rich

Apr 7, 2011 by Gary Therkildsen*

Hack

Released Tuesday morning amid great fanfare, Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) fiscal year (FY) 2012 budget proposal is turning out to be a grab bag of right-wing economic crankery. In fact, that's too nice: the proposal is flat out awful. And when I say "awful," I don't just mean evisceration-of-two-very-popular-social-safety-net-programs or two-thirds-of-proposed-spending-cuts-from-low-income-programs awful, but tax-hikes-on-middle-and-low-income-folks-combined-with-tax-cuts-for-the-rich awful.

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The Ryan Plan: Budgeting for Big Business

Apr 7, 2011 by Craig Jennings

The House Budget Committee approved last night Rep. Paul Ryan's budget resolution proposal. What would House Republicans' do given their way? Write big checks to big businesses, cut taxes for the rich, and cut off health care, nutrition, and housing assistance for the poor.

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Bill Burdening EPA Would Derail Public Health and the Economy

Apr 7, 2011 by Matthew Madia

Today, a House energy panel will hold a hearing on the TRAIN Act. The TRAIN Act has nothing to do with locomotives. It is actually the Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation Act of 2011.

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Fight Over Policy Riders May Shut Down Government

Apr 6, 2011 by Matthew Madia

The battle over a handful of conservative policy priorities has pushed the federal government to the precipice of a shut down.

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Net Neutrality Vote a Political Stunt

Apr 5, 2011 by Matthew Madia

Anti-government House members are trying to use the Congressional Review Act – an obscure law that allows Congress to overturn agency rules through an expedited process – to reject a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule meant to preserve a fair and open Internet structure. But the Congressional Review Act is a complicated law, and, in this case, it simply won’t work.

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'Tax Freedom Day' Still a Sham

Apr 1, 2011 by Gary Therkildsen*

His tummy hurts because he's been binging on right-wing economic propaganda.

On Wednesday, the Tax Foundation released their estimate for this year's "Tax Freedom Day" (TFD). For those not familiar with the right-leaning organization's annual made-up holiday, it marks when, according to the Tax Foundation, Americans will have "earned enough money to pay this year's tax obligations at the federal, state, and local levels." As is always the case with TFD, it's an exceptionally simplistic and misleading way to look at taxes.

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