S.A. Miller
Articles by S.A. Miller
Bid to expand knife ban doesn’t cut it with critics
Hunters, whittlers and Boy Scouts, beware - your knives may soon be on the government's chopping block. Published June 24, 2009
Metro braces for crash lawsuits
Metro officials are bracing for tens of millions of dollars in lawsuits likely to be filed against the cash-strapped transit system by those injured in Monday's crash and the families of the deceased. Published June 24, 2009
California’s budget crisis forces cuts in small towns
A combination of fiscal stalemate, dysfunctional politics, a plunging credit rating and double-digit unemployment have left the Golden State looking pretty tarnished these days. Published June 21, 2009
House impeaches Texas judge
In a unanimous vote, the House of Representatives decided Friday to impeach disgraced U.S. District Judge Samuel B. Kent, a dubious distinction the imprisoned Texas jurist shares with just 13 other federal judges in American history. Published June 20, 2009
Schwarzenegger’s deficit plan hit
Counties and cities across California are protesting Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to raid their property- and gas-tax funds to help plug a $24 billion budget hole that threatens to bankrupt the state within weeks. Published June 17, 2009
Tobacco regulation bill heads to Obama
Published June 13, 2009
Landmark tobacco bill passes Senate
The Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation Thursday that for the first time would bring down the full force of the government's regulatory hammer on the tobacco industry. Published June 12, 2009
Senate passes landmark tobacco bill
The Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation Thursday that for the first time would bring down the full force of the government's regulatory hammer on the tobacco industry. Published June 11, 2009
Tobacco-control bill clears hurdle
The Senate easily overcame a final legislative hurdle Wednesday to a bill that for the first time would give the Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate tobacco products. Published June 11, 2009
Gun controllers say rampage aids cause
Gun-control advocates seized on the Holocaust Museum shooting Wednesday to call on Congress to reverse its drift toward loosening firearms restriction. Published June 11, 2009
Poll: 45% oppose stimulus spending
Nearly half of Americans say in a new survey that the government should stop spending the remainder of the Obama administration's $787 billion economic stimulus package, and doubt that the spending will create new jobs. Published June 11, 2009
Senate set to pass landmark tobacco bill
The Senate easily overcame a last legislative hurdle Wednesday to a bill that for the first time would give the Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate tobacco products. Published June 10, 2009
Poll: More favor halting stimulus spending
Nearly half of Americans say the government should stop spending the remainder of the Obama administration's $787 billion economic stimulus program and doubt that the spending will create new jobs, according to a new poll. Published June 10, 2009
Gun provision foils D.C. voting rights bill
The District's decades-long quest for a voting member in the U.S. House of Representatives got longer Tuesday. Published June 10, 2009
D.C. voting rights bid put on hold
The District's long quest for a voting member in the U.S. House of Representatives ended in disappointment Tuesday as House Democrats said they put the bill on hold indefinitely. Published June 10, 2009
Graham, Lieberman fight to block release of detainee photos
Sens. Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman on Tuesday threatened to bring the chamber's business to a standstill as they fight to save legislation that would bar the release of photographs showing apparent U.S. abuses of suspected terrorist detainees. Published June 9, 2009
GOP seeks to trim stimulus, cut deficit
With the economy showing signs of recovery, fiscally conservative economists and Republican lawmakers are suggesting that the large unspent portion of the nearly $800 billion stimulus fund should be redirected to slash this year's nearly $2 trillion annual deficit. Published June 8, 2009
Poll: Cheney, Pelosi almost equally polarizing
As if getting on the CIA's bad side were not worrisome enough, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi now finds she is as unpopular with the American public as the often-maligned former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney. Published June 6, 2009
For Gitmo’s detainees, no place to go
President Obama isn't finding any takers in the U.S. to house the terrorism detainees now being held at the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Published June 5, 2009
Bill gives taxpayers stock in troubled auto giants
A Republican senator wants taxpayers to get their share — literally — of the federal government's takeover of two of the nation's biggest automakers. Published June 4, 2009
