Sep

26

Pelosi A Tax Cutter?

September 26, 2005 | Leave a Comment

On Tuesday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced that she would offer up $70 million, out of the $129 million in highway bill earmarks that she won for her district, to offset the cost of the Katrina relief effort, surpassing the 50 percent target set in the Heritage Foundation???s initial highway bill “give-back” proposal. And [...]

Sep

26

Who Dunnit: The Times or New Orleans Officials?

September 26, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Update on seizing guns in New Orleans.

(Fairfax, VA) — The United States District Court for the Eastern District in Louisiana today sided with the National Rifle Association (NRA) and issued a restraining order to bar further gun confiscations from peaceable and law-abiding victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
The New York Times ran the news [...]