by Drick Boyd | Nov 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
Senator Pat Toomey is a Republican Senator from Pennsylvania, and therefore, one of my Senators in Congress. He also has been very involved in crafting the tax bill that is working its way through the Senate (with minimal debate) and eventually will be reconciled with...
by Drick Boyd | Jul 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
As I have been following the reports about the ongoing effort by the Republicans to come up with a health care bill they can all agree on, and I listen to the Democrats do everything they can to derail the process, there are three things I have not hear either side...
by Drick Boyd | Jun 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
A lot of ink has been spilled over how unfair and “mean” the Senate’s proposed health care bill. As one headline had it: “Shifting Dollars from the Poor to the Rich is a Key Part of the Health Bill. ” In order to lower the overall cost of the bill, the Senate proposal...
by Drick Boyd | Mar 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
Last weekend during a long 2 ½ day drive from Minnesota to Philadelphia I listened to a podcast of the renowned PBS journalist and former White House staffer Bill Moyers interviewing legal scholar Ian Haney Lopez who has recently published a book entitled...
by Drick Boyd | Apr 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
Conservative Republican Senator Pat Toomey (PA) went out on a political limb to co-sponsor a bill with Democratic Senator Joe Manchin (WV) that would have mandated background checks on all sales of firearms in the United States. This was an issue brought to...
