Topic: Congress
Corporate Christmas
Who needs a gift this holiday season? Multinational corporations. After all, they’re people, too. That’s the logic behind the unlikely marriage of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R) and New York’s own senior senator, Chuck Schumer (D), who are jointly leading the charge to grant American corporations a “tax holiday.” And their effort is “gaining momentum,” according to Roll Call, with 73 congressional co-sponsors. (I feel like all I do these days is bash New York Democrats.)
Surprise! NY Rep. Chris Lee Resigns
Well, this is certainly unexpected. It looks like we are about to have an open seat in New York’s own congressional delegation. Yesterday, Representative Chris Lee, who in 2010 pledged to “shrink Washington, grow Western New York,” instead watched his career shrink while rumors of his illicit Internet flirtation grew (see what we did there?). Unfortunately for Lee, his fellow electronic flirter sent their steamy communications straight to Gawker, once she put together that he lied about his age (46, not … Read More
