The Affordable Healthcare Act—popularly known as “Obamacare”—has just celebrated its second anniversary, and Louisville’s congressional delegation appears to have wildly divergent opinions about the new law.  Actually, just about every politician, pundit, and prognosticator in the country seems to have an opinion about the 2700-page leviathan; despite the fact that almost no one has the temerity to state publicly that he or she has even read the thing.

This has not been a good week for President Obama.  The Supreme Court appears poised to rule his signature ObamaCare legislation unconstitutional, the House of Representatives rejected his budget proposal by a vote of 414-0, with not even a single Democrat voting for the thing, and the Senate rejected his lame proposal to increase taxes on domestic oil companies; as consumers are facing $5 per gallon prices at the pumps.

Politics is an important topic of conversation here in Louisville, but it pales in significance to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.  Discussions at the office water cooler, arguments down at the neighborhood bar, and Facebook postings that once revolved around the economy, healthcare, and our country’s numerous wars (including the “war on women”), have receded into the background.  Now, all

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell announced today that both the House and Senate have passed legislation that would save jobs in Louisville and across the country by allowing the Department of Commerce to continue to assess duties on imports from designated non-market economies, including China and Vietnam. The measure now goes to the President for his signature.