Posted by Robert Flanagan on December 30, 2009Banks’ TARP Repayments Hide Underlying FlawsOn December 15, 2009, Citigroup and Wells Fargo won approval to begin repaying $45 billion in aid that [...]Read more
Posted by Robert Flanagan on December 30, 2009House Pledges Billions for Jobs…AgainOn December 16th, 2009, the House of Representatives narrowly passed a $174 billion piece of legislation [...]Read more
Posted by Robert Flanagan on December 30, 2009White House Record On Making Legislation Available to the Public For Five Days Before SigningJim Harper of the Cato Institute has posted his analysis of where President Obama currently stands on his [...]Read more
Posted by Robert Flanagan on December 10, 2009House Votes to Extend “Death Tax”On December 3, 2009, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4154, which extended the Estate Tax with a [...]Read more
Posted by Robert Flanagan on November 24, 2009Watchdog Group Files Complaint Over Mysterious Landrieu DonationThe watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has filed a complaint with the [...]Read more
Posted by Leonard Gilroy on November 22, 2009Louisiana Streamlining Commission Should Reject Proposal for Legislative Approval of State ContractsIn an attempt to increase oversight over state contracting, some members of Louisiana’s Commission [...]Read more
Posted by Robert Flanagan on November 19, 2009Social Security: In Need of ReformA 2009 report by the Social Security Administration Trustees warns of a coming crisis. The report states [...]Read more
Posted by Robert Rosamond on November 18, 2009State Employees Expect Raise Despite Budget ShortfallWhile most Louisianans prefer cuts in government spending to raising taxes, state employees have come to [...]Read more
Posted by Kevin Kane on October 6, 2009Read the Inspector General’s Report on City Budget ProcessThe Pelican Institute has obtained a copy of the Inspector General’s review of the 2009 budget [...]Read more
