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Legislative Update Week 12

THE END IS NEAR Today, Monday May 10, begins Week 14 of the 2009/2010 legislative session and we have no budget in place. While at the end of each session there is the usual mad scramble to conclude proceedings to work for compromise and acceptable results, this year is very different. I have not experienced anything like it in my six years in the legislature. Early in the session it became clear that there was a fundamental difference in how the financial crisis in Ka... Read More

A Federal Issue

The US Senate health committee voted 12-11 in favor of a two-page amendment, courtesy of Republican Tom Coburn which would require all Members of US Congress and their staff members to enroll in any new government-run health plan. US Congressman John Fleming has proposed an amendment that would require US Congressmen and US Senators to take the same health care plan that they would force on us. (Under proposed legislation they are exempt.) US Congressman Fleming is encouraging people to g... Read More

Meeting George W.

The office of the U S Presidency is awe inspiring, regardless of its occupant. Given the laborious process we use to select the chief executive, the primaries, the contest of opinion, the detailed scrutiny of every uttered word or expressed idea and the sacrifice of all personal privacy, the necessity to withstand irrational attacks and atavistic contempt, all requires a strong character. Those who submit to this selection ought to be commended and admired. These were some of my thou... Read More