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Monday, March 28, 2011
Redistricting for A Republican Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 2:28 AM :: 8631 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

CD1(Blue): 47.6% Kerry 16/9/53/20 W/H/A/O
Most of Oahu, particularly the more Republican parts.

CD2(Green): 58.4% Kerry 29/9/42/20 W/H/A/O
South-eastern Oahu and all of the other Hawaiian islands.

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Saturday, March 26, 2011
Hawaii to keep prisoners on Mainland: Lack of space forces state to continue to bid out for incarceration
By Selected News Articles @ 9:36 PM :: 9567 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

The state requested proposals March 1 for bids for the housing of 1,800 prisoners on the mainland for three years once the current contract ends in June. The deadline for bids is at the end of this month.

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Saturday, March 26, 2011
VIDEO: FBI investigating Gulen Charter Schools, parents pulling kids out
By Selected News Articles @ 8:54 PM :: 18029 Views :: Education K-12

Philadelphia Inquirer expose on the same Gulen Cult which is now attempting to win favor in the Hawaii Legislature via HR30 and the nearly identical HCR37 and is attempting convert Mokapu Elementary School into a Gulen-controlled Charter School.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
HuffPo: Is Hillary Planning a Run at Obama in 2012?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:19 PM :: 5017 Views :: National News, Ethics

If anyone could trade protocol for self-interest it's the uber-ambitious Hillary and her rock star hubby Bill. Both would like nothing more than to be back in the White House. And if for a second they smell Obama's vulnerability and a potential defeat by the GOP, don't be surprised if she pulls a McCarthy. It's a longshot, but these days in politics anything can and will happen. I can tell you one thing though: I've spoken to many Democrats who'd drop Obama and vote for Hillary in a heartbeat.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Hilo, Kapaa top list of Drunkest Cities in America
By Selected News Articles @ 3:04 PM :: 16348 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Honolulu County, Democratic Party, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

For the city of Kapaa in particular, it’s all too telling that a simple search for the phrase “Kapaa alcohol” on Google doesn’t turn up a list of fun bars to hang out at but rather a long list of drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Hawaii: The Worst State to Shop Online
By Selected News Articles @ 2:57 PM :: 16062 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Hawaii residents ... have to pay the equivalent of overnight shipping for the slowest shipping times in the country. On average, an order shipped to Hawaii costs $19.17 and spends 4.57 days in transit.

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
9-11 truthers claim Shinseki running for Hawaii Senate seat, Inouye’s office forced to deny
By Selected News Articles @ 6:17 PM :: 7833 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

From “Veterans Today” a 9-11 trooother site run by a former boss of Pakistan’s Intelligence service, a Russian ex-Colonel, and some Serbian spies, among others….

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Tsunami Roulette: Are Kahului fuel tanks and sewage plant at risk?
By Selected News Articles @ 1:16 AM :: 7975 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL

Analysis by Thomas R Cannon, Architect AIA, Chair of the Maui County General Plan Advisory Committee.

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Friday, March 18, 2011
Defeating Assisted Suicide: Four Victories - One to go
By Selected News Articles @ 1:09 PM :: 9246 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Following the November 2010 elections, the suicide lobby announced that they will legalize assisted suicide in at least one eastern US state and that their push will lead to several states legalizing assisted suicide within the next few years.

It appears that the goals of the suicide lobby are failing.

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Friday, March 18, 2011
Full Text: Pacific Commander Admiral Willard Q&A on Search and Rescue in Japan
By Selected News Articles @ 12:57 PM :: 9764 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family

...we're currently engaged in what we believe is one of the biggest natural and man-made disasters that we'll face in our lifetime....

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Thursday, March 17, 2011
UN authorizes Military action against Gaddafi, airstrikes could begin within hours
By Selected News Articles @ 6:20 PM :: 9299 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family

Two wars, about to start a third, plus a disaster in Japan...and Obama?  He's headed for Rio de Janero, Brazil....

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Thursday, March 17, 2011
Hillary dumps Obama over refusal to act in Libya: “Not happy with dealing with a president who can’t decide if today is Tuesday or Wednesday”
By Selected News Articles @ 6:12 PM :: 10387 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family

He went on, “If you take a look at what’s on her plate as compared with what’s on the plates of previous Secretary of States — there’s more going on now at this particular moment, and it’s like playing sports with a bunch of amateurs. And she doesn’t have any power. She’s trying to do what she can to keep things from imploding.”

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Thursday, March 17, 2011
Mercado Kim says Hannemann is Godfather as ‘divisive’ Democrat Primary goes from crowded to jam-packed
By Selected News Articles @ 12:06 PM :: 9438 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

While she is not a household name, Kim's interest in the race illustrates how a Democratic primary that already promises to be crowded could grow, in time, to become even more jam-packed.

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Thursday, March 17, 2011
U.S. Supreme Court Sets Conference Date for Nader Hawaii Ballot Access Case
By Selected News Articles @ 11:59 AM :: 4914 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

On April 1, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to hear Nader v Nago, 10-728, the Hawaii ballot access case.

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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Hawaii presents the most decisive defeat for assisted suicide and euthanasia to date
By Selected News Articles @ 11:54 AM :: 11600 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family

Hawaii presents the most decisive defeat for assisted suicide and euthanasia to date. According to Schadenberg, opponents from the Christian and disabled communities testified so convincingly before the legislature’s Health Committee that it defeated the measure unanimously.

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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Dismissed in Federal Court, Convicted Felon Keanu Sai fails in effort to seize control of Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 11:36 AM :: 11234 Views :: Hawaii History

"The federal courts have long recognized that the determination of sovereignty over a territory is fundamentally a political question beyond the jurisdiction of the courts."

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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Did Sen Mike Gabbard get hoaxed by fake Turkic President?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:07 AM :: 15301 Views :: Education K-12, Religion

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Saturday, March 12, 2011
Photos, Video: Explosion at Fukushima Nuclear plant
By Selected News Articles @ 2:00 AM :: 6925 Views
WSJ: Japan Scrambles to Avert Meltdown Asked about the impact of radiation at eight times higher than normal levels, Naoto Sekimura, a professor of q...
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Friday, March 11, 2011
Kyodo: Honshu Quake ruptures 150 miles of crust, over 1,000 feared dead
By Selected News Articles @ 2:18 PM :: 11062 Views :: World News, Family

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Friday, March 11, 2011
Time Lapse Video: Tsunami rises and falls in Kailua Bay
By Selected News Articles @ 11:19 AM :: 8806 Views
  KBIG-FM is citing an unconfirmed report of a house floating in Kealakekua Bay. Now Confirmed...   KBIG-fm The tsunami warning for Haw...
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Friday, March 11, 2011
Tsunami: Kahului 6ft, Hilo 4.3ft at 4AM, minor flooding reported
By Selected News Articles @ 9:43 AM :: 12403 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family

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Thursday, March 10, 2011
Hawaii Responds to U.S. Supreme Court in Nader Ballot Access Case
By Selected News Articles @ 11:08 AM :: 6713 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

This is the case in which Ralph Nader challenges the number of signatures needed for an independent presidential candidate, on the basis that the law is irrational, because Hawaii requires approximately six times as many signatures for an independent presidential candidate as for an entire new party.

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Monday, March 7, 2011
Gallup: Hawaii No. 1 in U.S. for Wellbeing
By Selected News Articles @ 7:35 PM :: 6800 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Hawaii had the highest wellbeing among states in 2010 with a Well-Being Index score of 71.0. Wyoming, North Dakota, and Alaska are also among the 10 states with the highest overall wellbeing scores.

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Sunday, March 6, 2011
Report: 92% of Nursing Homes Employ Convicts, Hawaii has not implemented background checks
By Selected News Articles @ 2:27 PM :: 7538 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Hawaii currently has no background checks in place.  A note from page 3 of Inspector General Report explains: “A statute requiring FBI checks exists in Hawaii; however, no implementing rules have been published.  A Hawaii State official confirmed that nursing facilities are not yet required to conduct such checks.”

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Friday, March 4, 2011
RCP: Akaka's Seat a Longshot for GOP
By Selected News Articles @ 7:58 PM :: 6167 Views :: Energy, Environment

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Friday, March 4, 2011
Abercrombie Admin caught in lie as OIP director is fired
By Selected News Articles @ 6:52 PM :: 9608 Views :: Energy, Environment

Dela Cruz (rejected) the idea that Takase was fired, saying that her term had ended Friday.  In fact, according to state law, while the governor does indeed appoint OIP's director, that appointee does not have a set term length....  (ooops!)

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Friday, March 4, 2011
Abercrombie, Inouye fought over Akaka Retirement—Palafox connection?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:54 AM :: 6900 Views :: Energy, Environment

A behind the scenes knock down drag out fight between Abercrombie and Inouye over how and when to push Akaka under the bus would explain the Palafox DoH dismissal—Inouye forced Abercrombie to dump Palafox--and would explain Clayton Hee’s bizarre attacks on Abercrombie’s DNLR nominee William Aila.

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Friday, March 4, 2011
Djou: Lingle would make an outstanding US Senator
By Selected News Articles @ 4:15 AM :: 8516 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

“I think she would make an outstanding United States senator,” Djou says. “The best illustration of Governor Lingle’s abilities is 2006. In 2006, it was a highly toxic environment for the GOP nationally, but she managed to win reelection not only by a large landslide but by the largest margin in the history of the state.”

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Thursday, March 3, 2011
Akaka never cast one vote in favor of legal protection for unborn children in 22 years
By Selected News Articles @ 12:13 PM :: 5261 Views :: Energy, Environment

None of the Democratic names being tossed around as a replacement for Akaka are pro-life. At the top of the list are pro-abortion Lieutenant Governor Schatz and pro-abortion Rep. Colleen Hanabusa. Regarding the open Hawaii Senate seat, former Democratic Rep. Ed Case, also pro-abortion, told Politico, “I have been interested and I remain interested.”

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Thursday, March 3, 2011
NPR: Senate Exit By Hawaii's Akaka May Open Door For Lingle
By Selected News Articles @ 11:58 AM :: 5991 Views :: Energy, Environment

As the Cook Report's Linda Duffy noted in a National Journal piece, there is a potential cloud on the horizon for Hawaiian Democrats. She is Linda Lingle, the relatively popular former Republican governor of the Aloha State....

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Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Extortion, Criminal Conspiracy: FBI investigating Gulen Religious Cult behind Mokapu STEM School, Pacifica Institute
By Selected News Articles @ 8:41 PM :: 18282 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family

An email sent in June 2008 with regard to teachers who were late in making the paybacks reads: "Brother Veli wants to have all the “salary returns."  And he says to withhold future salaries from those who have not made them."

More incriminating still is an email dated June 13, 2007...which recommends "increasing the number of teachers from Turkey ... to acquire more money."

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Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Akaka not running in 2012, will not let Abercrombie choose successor
By Selected News Articles @ 6:38 PM :: 10184 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Not a word about the Akaka Bill....

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
HB1407: Abolishes Adoption privacy, requires names of birth parents be public record
By Selected News Articles @ 10:49 PM :: 5866 Views :: Energy, Environment

House Bill 1407 would require birth parents' names be written next to adoptive parent names on finalized official adoption birth certificates. This means women wanting anonymity will not be allowed to go through the regulated adoption process, but will be left with nothing to do but to abandon their babies on doorsteps or revert to abortion.

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Friday, February 25, 2011
Limbaugh: Did Honolulu Council ever pass resolution condemning Mao’s genocide?
By Selected News Articles @ 7:27 PM :: 12077 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, National News, Ethics, World News, Family

We'd have to check the archives to see if the Honolulu City Council ever did issue a condemnation of Mao Tse-tung for the genocide of Chinese people back when the cultural revolution, the great leap forward and all that stuff took place. 

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Thursday, February 24, 2011
FT: Complacent Honolulu out of its league, not ready for APEC
By Selected News Articles @ 8:09 PM :: 13379 Views :: Honolulu County, Tourism

It didn’t really seem anyone was in a great rush to pull out the paint and scrub-brushes for the arrival of the world’s media, business chiefs and heads of state for the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation forum meetings in November. At Honolulu’s wonderful, breezy, open-to-the-elements airport there’s little to suggest this is a city that wants to be in the same league as the likes of Seoul, Sydney and Osaka.

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Thursday, February 24, 2011
Hawaii’s future: LA Marijuana dispensaries outnumber Starbucks, McDonalds
By Selected News Articles @ 5:49 PM :: 13130 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Within the last two-years, over 200 cities and 14 counties in California have banned or passed a moratorium on pot shops.  And now the dopey Hawaii Legislature wants to follow California's failed experiment.

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Thursday, February 24, 2011
Dans cling to power as upheaval convulses Senate
By Selected News Articles @ 4:19 PM :: 7928 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

...it is quite likely the 113th Congress that convenes in 2013 will find an even greater percentage of Senators who have yet to complete a full term than in the 112th - should at least five more senators announce their retirement or get defeated in their reelection bids.

Despite the member upheaval that the Senate has experienced over the past few election cycles, there are certainly still several state delegations with a wealth of experience in the nation's upper legislative chamber....

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Friday, February 18, 2011
PBS Next? House Votes To Defund ObamaCare, Planned Parenthood
By Selected News Articles @ 4:25 PM :: 5282 Views :: National News, Ethics

Another big winner today was Indiana Representative Mike Pence, whose amendment to eliminate federal funding for Planned Parenthood passed 240-185. The move will cost Planned Parenthood more than $75 million per year, a shortfall it will need to make up by dramatically increasing the prices it charges to pimps for business consulting services….

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Friday, February 18, 2011
Hawaii Bond Ratings: Fitch joins Moody’s in threating downgrade
By Selected News Articles @ 1:53 PM :: 6539 Views :: Energy, Environment

The rating agency, which used data from 2009, said there was cause for near-term concern about “a number of” pension plans and pointed to the “considerable pressure that these obligations will place on many government budgets”. The greatest risk would come at the local level since labour-related costs were a higher percentage of local government budgets, Fitch said.

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Thursday, February 17, 2011
Flashback: East-West Center hammered for “sustained, biased and politically-motivated attack on World War II veterans”
By Selected News Articles @ 8:40 PM :: 16876 Views :: Hawaii History, Higher Education, Military

What you are observing below is the beginning of what will become a sustained campaign to re-write the history of “The Good War” and “The Greatest Generation” to fit the mold of social-democratic propaganda.  BTW: Dan Inouye is paying for all of this….

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Sunday, February 13, 2011
Report: Lottery remains a poor bet for education funding
By Selected News Articles @ 9:35 PM :: 8624 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

 "A study of 11 other state education lotteries showed that states are likely to decrease their growth of spending for education upon operating a lottery designated for that purpose."

"This decrease occurs regardless of the revenue generated by the lottery," Sanders added. "Meanwhile, states without lotteries maintained and increased their education spending more than states with lotteries."

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Friday, February 11, 2011
38.9%: Hawaii has most deviant Legislative Districts in Nation
By Selected News Articles @ 3:55 AM :: 11125 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

the commission drew new maps that eliminated most of the canoe districts. The end result was that Hawaii had the largest population deviations in the country. The deviations hit 38.9 percent for the Senate....

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Wednesday, February 9, 2011
US House to vote on blocking Obamacare funds, Senate Dems may revolt
By Selected News Articles @ 2:25 PM :: 3676 Views :: National News, Ethics

The U.S. House of Representatives is likely to vote to block funding for President Barack Obama's signature healthcare overhaul when it takes up a budget plan next week, House Republican Leader Eric Cantor said on Tuesday.

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Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Transcript: Greta Van Susteren, Tucker Carlson on Hawaii Toy Gun Ban
By Selected News Articles @ 1:19 PM :: 6191 Views :: Energy, Environment

 First, it usurps rights that belong to parents, not the state. Parents get to choose what kind of toys their play with -- A. B, there's no evidence at all that the sale or use of toy guns by children leads to gun violence in later life. There's no study that affirms this. There's no longitudinal effort to look into this at all. This is clearly legislators acting out of their own unproved neuroses.

Three, the law completely overreaches. The Hawaii statute specifically calls for jail time for people who violate it.

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Wednesday, February 9, 2011
The Overhauling of Straight America
By Selected News Articles @ 12:04 PM :: 23178 Views :: Family

In the early stages of any campaign to reach straight America, the masses should not be shocked and repelled by premature exposure to homosexual behavior itself. Instead, the imagery of sex should be downplayed and gay rights should be reduced to an abstract social question as much as possible. First let the camel get his nose inside the tent--only later his unsightly derriere!

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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Abercrombie Admin. Blacklist: “It’s a SECURITY ISSUE to invite some media like eTN to a media conference”
By Selected News Articles @ 10:03 PM :: 6112 Views :: Energy, Environment

Steinmetz said: “This is the most outrageous comment eTN has ever received from a public official in our more than 10 years of being in business.

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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Next Fight: Obama vs Inouye over Line Item Veto
By Selected News Articles @ 3:35 PM :: 5245 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

The Hill: Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) has said he will soon distribute to senators his definition of what he considers an earmark....

“The new pork mechanisms will depend on how Inouye has decided to define pork/earmarks,” Wheeler said. “The loopholes will be there; he and his staff know how to make them. Once the ‘definition’ is set, the workarounds will only be limited by the human imagination.”

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Monday, February 7, 2011
Could Djou Challenge Akaka?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:19 PM :: 9167 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Former Rep. Charles Djou (R-Hawaii) all but swore off elective politics in his recent farewell address, but the former congressman recently penned an article that is sure to ignite speculation among the state's political observers over whether a 2012 bid against Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) is in the offing.

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Monday, February 7, 2011
Feb 18 deadline to Neighborhood Board Candidates to file for election
By Selected News Articles @ 3:09 PM :: 6985 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12

Candidates have until Friday February 18 to file nomination papers for Oahu’s upcoming Neighborhood Board elections.  Up for grabs, all 439 seats on 33 Neighborhood Boards.

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Sunday, February 6, 2011
Harvard Study explains how Inouye’s pork kills business
By Selected News Articles @ 1:28 PM :: 7040 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

In the years that followed a congressman's ascendancy to the chairmanship of a powerful committee, the average firm in his state cut back capital expenditures by roughly 15 percent, according to their working paper, "Do Powerful Politicians Cause Corporate Downsizing?"

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