Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall

Yup, there was a second hold on the porkbusting database bill -- Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV). In a new statement, Byrd admits to placing the hold and says he's now released it.

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Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall

More on the "dramatic decline" in SAT scores. S.M. writes: I've been tutoring high school students for a number of years now, helping them prepare for their SATs. In the current discussion about the decline in test scores, it's important to note that not only was the test lengthened and a writing section added, but the actual content of the reading and math sections was changed. The analogy...

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Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall

Recently, we learned that a "nice little Guatemalan man" paints Sen. Conrad Burns' (R-MT) house. Now we learn that terrorists "drive taxi cabs in the daytime." A spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations responds.

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Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall

Whoa! New poll shows primary challenger Steve Laffey way ahead of incumbent Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), 51-34.

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Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall

Is there a second "secret hold" on the porkbusting database bill? And does it come from a Democrat?

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Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall

Cato welfare dude Michael Tanner argues that "since Lyndon Johnson declared War on Poverty in 1964, the poverty rate is perilously close to where we began more than 40 years ago." He notes that if "insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. What does that say about our welfare policy?" But look at the historical tables in 1964, 19 of the population was...

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