Articles for January 2012

On Tuesday night, President Obama delivered his third annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress (in case you’re wondering, his first speech to a joint session after being elected President was not officially called a State of the Union, since he was considered too green on the job to really [...]

It was a quiet week in Washington, not surprisingly since most of the political action seemed to be taking place in  Iowa and South Carolina! I erroneously reported in my last posting that the House was going to be in session last week, when in fact both chambers were still essentially in recess. The Senate [...]

As Washington slowly wakes up from its holiday nap, I find myself looking forward to the year ahead. The relief of finally having the FYFiscal Year 2012 appropriations cycle completed—on a positive note for research funding—will be short-lived, as the President readies to give his State of the Union on January 24th and to deliver [...]