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Jul 15, 2011
July 15, 2011
From the desk of Bob Keefe Washington, D.C. July 15, 2011 Political Update That “end of the world” countdown is now just two weeks away. Nothing has changed in the dialogue from either side of the debate. Are there wise heads somewhere that will emerge in the next days to resolve the impasse and save the credit of the nation? ... read more
Jul 1, 2011
July 1, 2011
From the desk of Bob Keefe Washington, D.C. July 1, 2011 Political Update The latest countdown clock is now set at 32 days. That is when the United States will reach its statutory borrowing limit and begin to renege on its financial obligations to its citizens and to its worldwide creditors. That will be the second countdown to catastrophe during this... read more
May 15, 2011
May 15, 2011
From the desk of Bob Keefe Washington, D.C. May 15, 2011 Political Update These past two weeks we have had a sort of “contention holiday”. President Barack Obama is basking in the afterlife of the successful elimination Osama bin Laden. It is a peculiar feeling that permeates us all… We believe it should be wrong to be happy about someone being killed; but in this... read more
May 1, 2011
May 1, 2011
From the desk of Bob Keefe Washington, D.C. May 1, 2011 Political Update With the nation’s fiscal status secured for a month or so, Congress took two weeks off to celebrate. It was Easter and Passover and the furious action of the previous month had taken its toll on our lawmakers. They could go home and meet their grateful constituents and take kudos for... read more
Apr 15, 2011
April 15, 2011
From the desk of Bob Keefe Washington, D.C. April 15, 2011 Political Update What a week this has been… The Congress has cleaned up the budget legislation it passed over the weekend to avoid the government shut down. House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan’s version of next year’s budget sailed through the House on a straight party line vote. President Barack Obama began his 2012... read more
