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A busy week in harrisburg, governor corbett has not passed a budget. The legislature will likely pass a bill later this week that will likely allow philadelphia raise cigarette tax, city leaders are rejoycing, but some wondering will it fill the budget. Do you think they have enough. I dont think they have everything they need. The critical ingredient is not pension reform, what the governor is saying for Public School teachers new ones that are hired are for new people we cannot give them the same pension because were going broke. You would thing he was trying to shoot new puppies in the park...

Traffic controllers, yet they are working exclusively for the union at the taxpayers expense. In fiscal year 2011, the most recent year for which we have official time data, the department of transportation spent more than 17 million on official time. In the same year, the department of housing and urban development spent more than 2 million on official time. Across the entire federal government more than three million official time hours were used in collective bargaining or arbitration of grievances against an employer who, by the way, is us, in fiscal year 2011. These Union Activities were ...

22nd of january. Thats the day the United States senate could decide whether to return from the dead by reforming the filibuster and allowing democracy to work. Once upon a time, the filibuster enabled a clique of senators, or even just one, to prolong things by speaking. You had to hold the floor continuously by not shutting up until you drop. Thats what happened when mr. Smith went to washington. Mr. Smith is here to see democracys finest show of filibuster. Free speech in its most dramatic form. Well, im going to stay right here and fight for this lost cause. Even if this room gets filled w...

Describe that perversion. That perversion is everything from the almost 100 judicial vacancies that you talked about many examples of recess appointments in the executive branch. Senate resolution four authored by jeff merkley from oregon would say, would actually make it essential that people talk. It would encourage, this is what the American People want. It would encourage debate. It wouldnt push it away. What is your reform asking for, demanding next tuesday . Yeah, four things. One, that the majority leader of the senate can put a bill on the floor for discussion and debate. Right now he ...

Potential role in the transatlantic trade negotiations. For those of you just in case you didnt get a copy you will also be liable to download this from the brookings website and as i know from coming into the office we have boxes of it sitting around so if you didnt get a copy, get in touch with us and we can get one out to you again launching of the report today and we will be talking about some of his conclusions from having spent several months now looking at turkeyss interest in the negotiations and how this is likely to unfold and the challenges this will pose not just for your not what ...