Shadegg-Coburn Plan Has Merit but Falls Short

By Mickey Edwards
Special to Roll Call
June 26, 2008, 12 a.m.

As a conservative who has often thought liberals had too little concern about constitutional limits on government action, I was pleased to see that Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.) has finally persuaded a Senator, Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), to join him in supporting legislation requiring a bill’s sponsors to specify which of the Constitution’s “enumerated powers” justifies the proposed action.



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Stier: Detecting a Bad Breast Cancer Bill

July 1, 11:28 a.m.

Who could blame hundreds of Members of Congress for joining with a colleague and breast cancer survivor, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), in co-sponsoring legislation aimed at promoting breast cancer education? The problem, according to leading breast cancer scientists and advocacy groups, is the bill would do more harm than good. Read Full Article

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