In the event of a monetary settlement of sexual harassment complaints, members of Congress can draw on a taxpayer-funded account set up within the Treasury Department to cover their legal expenses and settle cases.
The trigger mechanism would kick in if and when the tax reform bill, which provides steep cuts to individuals and businesses of all types, does not result in the level of economic growth predicted by optimistic supply-siders.
If you attended Monday’s Burlington City Council meeting expecting a swift decision on a buyer of Burlington Telecom, you were in for a long and tedious wait.
The kerfuffle at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB — an often overlooked consumer watchdog agency created during the Obama administration — is a perfect illustration of how the administrative state has become a menace to constitutional government.
“Getting rid of government authority over the internet is the opposite of authoritarianism. Government control is the defining feature of authoritarianism, including the one in North Korea.”
The liberals in America’s most liberal city have hit upon a bold new idea to create or maintain jobs. City leaders want the voters to tax robot machinery to stop automation from replacing workers.
Girlguiding U.K. — the equivalent of America’s Girl Scouts — changed a girl-only rule to allow any youngsters who identify as female to share showers, bathrooms, changing rooms and tents with girls who are biologically born female, according to The Times.
How will you fare if the GOP tax plan is enacted? Well, on net, most Americans will see a significant tax cut under the proposed plans from Republican lawmakers, including virtually all lower- and middle-income workers and a majority of upper-income earners.
In this episode of Vote for Vermont, co-hosts Pat McDonald and Ben Kinsley interview Meredith Angwin about sustainable clean energy trends across the country and about how to be come an advocate in the community, no matter the issue.
The House Committee on Natural Resources will hold a markup hearing for seven bills, including two to prevent future U.S. presidents from unilaterally imposing two Obama administration policies.
The left seems to have a blind spot when it comes to big money in politics as long as that money serves the purpose of expanding the power of the state.
There’s a new sheriff in Washington now, and a palpable sense of terror is gripping Planned Parenthood and its camp. Without their defender-in-chief or the courts to bail them out, they are finally being held accountable.