Vice President Talks to Students about (what else?) Student Loans

No. 749 Our junior colleagues at Third Chair: Pittsburgh brought to our attention last night that the Vice President went to Pitt yesterday and talked about student loans rather than the Jobs Bill.  [See our out-of-date comments on the Jobs Bill speech, two posts below.] I say “junior” to point out that student loans are […]

Bricks and Mortar

Vice President Biden is coming to town tomorrow to push the administration’s Jobs Bill by appealing to our selfish side. He will tell Pittsburgh that its older schools can be rebuilt (that’s all of them), with lots of local workers doing the work. Last month the administration was talking about paying teachers from the same program.

Pennsylvania District Court holds individual mandate provision of Patient Provision and Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.

The constitutionality of the individual mandate provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act under the Commerce Clause may come before the United States Supreme Court later this term. A District Court in Pennsylvania recently joined those holding the individual mandate unconstitutional, which means that the Third Circuit may get into the debate before the Supreme Court settled the split among the circuits.

Its All the Rage!

There is a lot of talk going about (especially on a certain fair and balanced news channel) to the effect that what may be happening in the special election in the 9th Congressional District is a referendum on the Obama record. A novice Republican is currently leading a popular and experienced Democratic State Assemblyman from a prominent political family in the polls by about 6 points. I hear that the Republicans have not carried the district since 1923. But wait —

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