02/08/21
The Biden administration’s plan to combat the Covid pandemic and related economic woes seems bureaucratically top-heavy and fiscally irresponsible.
Read More...Tags: President Joe Biden, President Donald Trump, American Rescue Plan, budget reconciliation process, Janet Yellen, Larry Summers, Phil Gramm, $15 federal minimum wage, Byrd Rule, COVID coordiinator, Jeffrey Zients, School reopenings, Mask-wearing, CDC, US Public Health Jobs Corps, Covid therapies, vaccination, FEMA, OSHA, National Guard , travel bans, Defense Production Act, Public health supply chain, health equity task force
10/23/17
Don’t stop at political style in assessing the president’s performance; also consider his policies. Read More...Tags: President Barack Obama, President Donald Trump, negative media coverage, President George W. Bush, GovCare, "the talent", NATO funding, opioid epidemic, debt limit, filibuster rule, budget reconciliation process, Republican healthcare bill, Republican tax plan, joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Mitt Romney, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, New World Order, open borders, Brexit vote, Illiblerals
08/21/17
Unlike the official House budget, the Republican Study Committee version would cut spending aggressively. Read More...Tags: President's budget proposal, defense spending, entitlement programs, Social Security , Medicare, Medicaid, GovCare, economic growth rate, Congressional Budget Office, House Budget Committee, Affordable Care Act, revenue neutral tax plan, macroneconomic adjustment, budget reconciliation process, Rep. Kevin Brady, SAFE budget, Republican Study Committee, House Freedom Caucus
01/16/17
Will the parties work together to repeal and replace GovCare? What could improve the odds for a favorable outcome?
Read More...Tags: Affordable Care Act, repeal and replace, budget reconciliation process, Coach Darrell Royal, concurrent resolution, Senate filibuster rule, president-elect's press conference, Rep. (and HHS Secretary-designate) Tom Price, president's farewell speech, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Sen. Tom Carper, Lou Stahl - Phoenix AZ