Bill Foster: “We have opened a new window onto the universe and we have verified that our new telescope is working and now the fun…”

I think we should consider adopting this in the coming session of Congress, at least on a temporary basis.

This made the discharge petition much more effective at its intended purpose, which is sort of to operate as a safety valve against, you know, the Speaker's rather dictatorial power.

Frankly, when I read about this, it triggered my PTSD from the AIG situation with credit default swaps during the financial crisis.

While the Presidency is often the focus of political pronouncements about macroeconomic conditions, there is no question that it undersells the importance and the independence of the work of the Federal Reserve Board.