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First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

After 37 years, the Senate could finally revamp the nation’s chemical-safety laws

The current U.S. law on chemical safety is 37 years old, riddled with exceptions, and widely seen as ineffective — so much so that the federal government hasn’t even tried to restrict an unsafe chemical since its asbestos ban was overturned in courts ... [Published Ezra Klein - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Chemical, US Environmental Protection Agency, American Chemistry Council, Ken Cook, Asbestos

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

The best sentences we read today

– “The secret of many charter schools’ success isn’t a mystery .” – “I’m Charles Murray, I’m sure that Jason wanted to work with me. I mean, come on .” – “Asked about it later, Kraig Naasz, Mr. Chandler’s spokesman said, ‘I can’t explain it.’ ... [Published Ezra Klein - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Charles Murray, Tylenol, Family Tree

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Ben Bernanke

Bernanke to Congress: Seriously, guys, what are you doing?

Ben Bernanke testifies before Congress today for the first time in three months, and the Federal Reserve chairman has a message for lawmakers : You’re the reason the economy isn’t taking off more. Of course, Bernanke is too polite to phrase things ... [Published Ezra Klein - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Ben Bernanke, Testimony, Federal Reserve System

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Everything you could possibly need to know about student loan budgets (with gifs!)

(memegenerator.com) On Monday, we wrote a post explaining that “No, the federal government does not profit off student loans” (as the original headline put it). A number of people have pushed back at that conclusion, pointing out that it depends ... [Published Ezra Klein - 11 hours ago]

Entities: student loan, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Market Risk, Peter R Orszag

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

NIKE Inc

Stop celebrating our falling deficits

It’s time to stop celebrating last week’s Congressional Budget Office report . Our deficits aren’t dropping because we’re doing something right. They’re dropping because we’re doing everything wrong. My initial piece on the CBO report led ... [Published Ezra Klein - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Reformism, Congressional Budget Office, Taxes, NIKE Inc, Sequestration

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

Fluoridation fails in Portland by 20-point margin

Would Carrie and Fred support fluoridation? The verdict is still out. (Scott Green/IFC) For any avid readers who have read our coverage of the fluoride wars , we now have results on the latest battle: Portland has rejected fluoridated water by ... [Published Ezra Klein - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Fluoridation, Fluoride, Water Supply, San Jose (San Jose, Costa Rica)

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

You ask, we answer! Can employed people get Obamacare subsidies?

Welcome to Health Reform Watch, Sarah Kliff’s regular look at how the Affordable Care Act is changing the American health-care system — and being changed by it. You can reach Sarah with questions, comments and suggestions here . Check back every Monday, ... [Published Ezra Klein - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Obamacare, Health Insurance, Affordable Care Act, Workers

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Millions of Americans don’t have bank accounts. That could be a problem for Obamacare.

Americans shopping for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act next year might hit an unexpected obstacle: the lack of a bank account. CX Matiash/AP Millions of Americans are expected to qualify for tax subsidies under the health overhaul, ... [Published Ezra Klein - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Jackson Hewitt, Obamacare, CIGNA Corporation, Health Insurance

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Robert Kaiser on Dodd-Frank: ‘This example of Congress working also illuminated why it works so rarely.’

Almost three years ago, the Dodd-Frank Act was enacted, a sweeping piece of legislation aimed at overhauling regulation of the financial system. And now our colleague Robert G. Kaiser is out with a book reporting the inside story of how the law came ... [Published Ezra Klein - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Dodd-Frank, Christopher Dodd, Barney Frank

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Yes, heads should roll at the IRS

The big IRS news Wednesday is that Lois Lerner, the IRS director who oversaw the Cincinnati unit charged with discriminating against the tea party, intends to plead the fifth when she appears before Congress Wednesday. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg) ... [Published Ezra Klein - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Steven Miller, William Taylor, Darrell Issa

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 reports

Bad news for patent trolls, in one chart

Why has the software industry seen an explosion of litigation lately? The courts played a big role, by making it easier to get patents in the 1980s and 1990s. But as this chart shows, the pendulum started to swing back in the opposite direction a few ... [Published Ezra Klein - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Patent, courts, Dennis Crouch, Patent Litigation

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 reports

Wonkbook: A thaw in the Senate?

Welcome to Wonkbook, Ezra Klein and Evan Soltas’s morning policy news primer. To subscribe by e-mail, click here . Send comments, criticism, or ideas to Wonkbook at Gmail dot com. To read more by Ezra and his team, go to Wonkblog . (AP Photo/J. ... [Published Ezra Klein - 16 hours ago]

Entities: IRS Internal Revenue Service, Tornado, Apple Inc, Immigration, Taxes

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The best sentences we read today [Published Ezra Klein - 5 hours ago]
Stop celebrating our falling deficits [Published Ezra Klein - 8 hours ago]
After 37 years, the Senate could finally revamp... [Published Ezra Klein - 9 hours ago]
Fluoridation fails in Portland by 20-point margin [Published Ezra Klein - 9 hours ago]
You ask, we answer! Can employed people get Oba... [Published Ezra Klein - 9 hours ago]
Robert Kaiser on Dodd-Frank: ‘This example of C... [Published Ezra Klein - 11 hours ago]
Everything you could possibly need to know abou... [Published Ezra Klein - 11 hours ago]
Bad news for patent trolls, in one chart [Published Ezra Klein - 13 hours ago]
Bernanke to Congress: Seriously, guys, what are... [Published Ezra Klein - 14 hours ago]
Yes, heads should roll at the IRS [Published Ezra Klein - 14 hours ago]
Millions of Americans don’t have bank accounts.... [Published Ezra Klein - 15 hours ago]
Wonkbook: A thaw in the Senate? [Published Ezra Klein - 16 hours ago]
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Five things we learned from Tuesday’s big Apple... [Published Ezra Klein - May 21 2013]
The IRS controversy isn’t about taxes. It’s abo... [Published Ezra Klein - May 21 2013]
Self-driving cars are a privacy nightmare. And ... [Published Ezra Klein - May 21 2013]
Study: Election officials are biased against La... [Published Ezra Klein - May 21 2013]
The National’s new album is out! Here’s one song. [Published Ezra Klein - May 21 2013]
Hollywood should not decide our copyright laws [Published Ezra Klein - May 21 2013]
The end of health price secrecy may be starting... [Published Ezra Klein - May 21 2013]
Rand Paul unloads on ‘bullying, berating and ba... [Published Ezra Klein - May 21 2013]
Why are tornadoes so hard to predict? [Published Ezra Klein - May 21 2013]
A brief history of America’s fluoride wars [Published Ezra Klein - May 21 2013]
Wonkbook: Could the scandals help immigration r... [Published Ezra Klein - May 21 2013]
The best sentences we read today [Published Ezra Klein - May 21 2013]
How to make $30 billion and pay no corporate in... [Published Ezra Klein - May 20 2013]
Senior poverty is much worse than you think [Published Ezra Klein - May 20 2013]
How net neutrality regulations could undermine ... [Published Ezra Klein - May 20 2013]
Only 27 percent of college grads have a job rel... [Published Ezra Klein - May 20 2013]

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The best sentences we read today [Published Ezra Klein - 5 hours ago] – “The secret of many charter schools’ success isn’t a mystery .” – “I’m Charles Murray, I’m sure that Jason wanted to work with me. I mean, come on .” – “Asked about it later, Kraig Naasz, Mr. Chandler’s spokesman said, ‘I can’t explain it.’ ...
Stop celebrating our falling deficits [Published Ezra Klein - 8 hours ago] It’s time to stop celebrating last week’s Congressional Budget Office report . Our deficits aren’t dropping because we’re doing something right. They’re dropping because we’re doing everything wrong. My initial piece on the CBO report led ...
After 37 years, the Senate could finally revamp... [Published Ezra Klein - 9 hours ago] The current U.S. law on chemical safety is 37 years old, riddled with exceptions, and widely seen as ineffective — so much so that the federal government hasn’t even tried to restrict an unsafe chemical since its asbestos ban was overturned in courts ...
Fluoridation fails in Portland by 20-point margin [Published Ezra Klein - 9 hours ago] Would Carrie and Fred support fluoridation? The verdict is still out. (Scott Green/IFC) For any avid readers who have read our coverage of the fluoride wars , we now have results on the latest battle: Portland has rejected fluoridated water by ...
You ask, we answer! Can employed people get Oba... [Published Ezra Klein - 9 hours ago] Welcome to Health Reform Watch, Sarah Kliff’s regular look at how the Affordable Care Act is changing the American health-care system — and being changed by it. You can reach Sarah with questions, comments and suggestions here . Check back every Monday, ...