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Jim Harper is the Director of Information Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, A Washington D.C. libertarian think tank.

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WashingtonWatch.com Digest – November 23, 2009

This is the WashingtonWatch.com email newsletter for the week of November 23, 2009. Subscribe here. (forward to a friend) This week, Congress is in recess for the Thanksgiving holiday. On Saturday, the Senate debated for a full day, then voted on ...

From JIM HARPER, Washington Watch,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  U.S. Congress

Cost Estimate for the Senate Health Care Bill: $8,000 per U.S. Family

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From JIM HARPER, Washington Watch,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate

Saturday Health Care Debate in the Senate

Like the House did the other week, the Senate is having a special Saturday session devoted to health care. It’s a great chance to see your representatives at work. The base bill is H.R. 3590. It was introduced in the House as the Service Members Home ...

From JIM HARPER, Washington Watch,  21 Nov 2009

Net Neutrality Regulation: Consequences for Investment and Consumer Welfare

The American Consumer Institute has released a collection of essays addressing the likely consequences of ”‘Net Neutrality” regulation for investment in broadband and for consumer welfare. These are important things to consider, in case it needs saying. ...

From JIM HARPER, Cato@Liberty,  20 Nov 2009

The Third Strategic Actor

I agree with Chris Preble’s assessment of Steve Simon’s opinion piece in the New York Times Tuesday. “Why We Should Put Jihad on Trial” is animated by a sound understanding of the strategic logic of terrorism. Simon knows that the ...

From JIM HARPER, Cato@Liberty,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Times Company,  Al-Qaeda,  Wall Street Journal

“I E-Verify”: Do Businesses Agree With Your Values?

The Department of Homeland Security has started a program called the “I E-Verify” campaign for businesses that use the federal background check system on its employees. If you see businesses with “I E-Verify” decorations or insignia, they at least ...

From JIM HARPER, Cato@Liberty,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Department of Homeland Security

First Bag Flies Free

Your Congress loves you, and it will do anything to make you happy. That’s why they’ve introduced H.R. 4077, The First Bag Flies Free Act. The bill would require airlines to transport your first piece of luggage for free. We all know that airlines have ...

From JIM HARPER, Washington Watch,  18 Nov 2009

Fort Hood: That No Such Attack Ever Occurs Again

Colleagues and correspondents have kindly shared their understandable discomfort with my conclusion in recent posts that the Fort Hood shooting was nearly impossible to discover in advance, and thus prevent. The one ray of hope I can offer is that the ...

From JIM HARPER, Cato@Liberty,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate

Let’s Go Cruising!

It’s a big day for boating in the House of Representatives. That convention prohibits the use of harmful organotins in anti-fouling paints on ships. I have no idea what an “organotin” is—but they sound awful! I’m against them! All in all, a big day ...

From JIM HARPER, Washington Watch,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. House of Representatives

The Negative Feedback Loop Begins

I wrote on the Tech Liberation Front blog a couple of months ago about the shady practice among a few Internet retailers of handing off customers who accept a “special offer” to a company that charges people a monthly fee for some kind of credit ...

From JIM HARPER, Cato@Liberty,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate

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