150 years ago today, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. It was, “based on the president’s constitutional authority as commander in chief of the armed forces; it was not a law passed by Congress. It proclaimed all those enslaved in Confederate territory to be forever free, and ordered the Army (and all segments of […]
Archives for 1 January 2013
First part of fiscal cliff vote taken
About five hours ago the Senate overwhelmingly approved a compromise bill by a huge bipartisan majority. The bill does not take us off of the fiscal cliff, it merely pushes it back a couple of months, as the sequestration clauses are only delayed for two months. However, some of the features are permanent. We will […]