The Market Institute

This year the 2010 National Cherry Blossom Festival will be held between March 27th and April 11th. This is 98th celebration of the original gift of the 3,000 cherry trees by the city of Tokyo to the people of Washington, DC in 1912. Quote of the Weekend:

Yesterday, Karen Mills, U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Administrator, testified before the House Appropriation Committee’s Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government. It was generally positive, which small business funding hearing usually are, but there were some concerns regarding crowd out, the calls for permanent increased funding, and a few other issues. The SBA is [...]

Most legislation that passes the House and Senate goes to a “conference” (here), and then back to each chamber for one more vote. However, the Republicans have threatened to filibuster the appointing of a conference, so the Democrats had to employ a strategy called a ping-pong.  First, on chamber passes the bill. Second, the

The health care debate felt like it came to a quick and tragic end with the House passage of the Senate bill on Sunday, but the debate continues. While the President was signing the health care bill into law, the Senate was beginning their debate of a budget reconciliation package that would amend the bill. The House [...]