Month: August 2010

Glossary of Legislative Terms: “Queen-of-the-Hill Rule”

See Substitute / Substitute Amendment / Queen-of-the-Hill Rule (CongressionalGlossary.com)   Courses Congressional Operations Briefing – Capitol Hill Workshop Drafting Federal Legislation and Amendments Writing for Government and Business: Critical Thinking and Writing Custom Training Congressional Operations Poster, with Federal Budget Process Flowchart Federal Budgeting, a Five-Course series on CD Congress, the Legislative Process, and the … Read more

Keeping Your (Computers and) Data Safe

I just don’t understand Julia Angwin’s scare story about cookies and ad targeting in the Wall Street Journal [The Web’s New Gold Mine: Your Secrets, July 30, 2010]. That is, I don’t understand how the Journal could be so breathlessly naive, unsophisticated, and anachronistic about the basics of the modern media business. It is the … Read more

Glossary of Legislative Terms: “Previous Question”

See Previous Question (CongressionalGlossary.com)     Courses Congressional Operations Briefing – Capitol Hill Workshop Drafting Federal Legislation and Amendments Writing for Government and Business: Critical Thinking and Writing Custom, On-Site Training Drafting Effective Federal Legislation and Amendments in a Nutshell, Audio Course on CD Congress, the Legislative Process, and the Fundamentals of Lawmaking Series, a … Read more

Drafting Legislation

The ugly back and forth on the power of special interests that has shaped the U.S. Senate primary contest [in Colorado] pitting Andrew Romanoff against Michael Bennet has so far turned mostly on abstractions and circumstantial speculations. Former state House Speaker Romanoff has railed against big money donors and highlighted Bennet votes he thought raised … Read more

Mark Twain on Copyright

Section 3.52, Remarks of Samuel Langhorne Clemens Before the Congressional Joint Committee on Patents, December, 1906 From “Testifying Before Congress,” by William N. LaForge Copyright Hearings, December 7 to 11, 1906 Arguments Before The Committees On Patents of the Senate and House of Representatives, Conjointly, On The Bills S. 6330 and H.R. 19853. To Amend … Read more

Pocket Constitution

A free download of our Pocket Constitution is available on Scribd. Our Pocket Constitution: Free copy with every book order and every audio CD order from our web site. Single copies of this Pocket Constitution are available for $5 by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) with first class postage for two (2) ounces to: … Read more

Value Added Tax (VAT), National Sales Tax (NST), Flat Tax, Transaction Tax (CongressionalGlossary.com)

Dissatisfaction with the federal tax system has led to a debate about U.S. tax reform, including proposals for a national consumption tax. One type of proposed consumption tax is a value-added tax (VAT), widely used around the world. A VAT is levied on the difference between a business’s sales and its purchases of goods and … Read more