Posted by Heather Taylor-Miesle in U.S. Law and Policy
Here is a little good news from the world of Congress in a very scary week: Congress finally passed S. 906, the Mercury Export Ban bill. As my colleague, Susan Keane so eloquently explained: "Neither mercury or the fish we...
Posted by Heather Taylor-Miesle in U.S. Law and Policy
Ah….the last budget of the Bush administration. I would say that I will miss this Administration and its legacy of slash and burn spending but that would be a lie (and would mean that I would be out of a...
Posted by Heather Taylor-Miesle in U.S. Law and Policy
During my time spent on Capitol Hill, I had the pleasure of working in the minority party. It was a pleasure for a number of reasons beyond my politics. One of the best parts of my former job was that...
Posted by Heather Taylor-Miesle in U.S. Law and Policy
I don’t know about you but I am not a thrill-seeker. I don’t especially like spontaneity or flying by the seat of my pants. As many modern women know, the only way that I can create the illusion of balance...
Posted by Heather Taylor-Miesle in U.S. Law and Policy
I was nodding off (as usual) while I was nursing my daughter at 3 a.m. this morning when terror hit my heart, like an arrow. I sat up in bed, a painful proposition when nursing a 20 pound child. This...
Posted by Heather Taylor-Miesle in U.S. Law and Policy
I like to start my morning with a little bit of reading from the Washington Post, the New York Times, Roll Call and the Drudge Report. Not only does reading the news give my body time to absorb my coffee...
Posted by Heather Taylor-Miesle in U.S. Law and Policy
Congressional ethics. Let me just start off by saying that I know putting the word "Congress" anywhere near the word "ethics" seems to be a bit of an oxymoron in today's society. But since I have had the pleasure of...
Posted by Heather Taylor-Miesle in U.S. Law and Policy
Late last month, Grist published an article titled, Women Are From Earth, Men Are From Terra Firma by Kira Gould and Lance Hosey. Basically, this exceptional article drew the conclusion that the environmental movement is moving in a more masculine...
Posted by Heather Taylor-Miesle in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
Ahhhh. It is August, and in Washington, that means that you can literally see stress roll off of people as they decompress from the marathon that is the 110th Congress. People smile more, they forgo power lunches in favor of...
