03/08/21
The American Rescue Plan passed the Senate over the weekend, without a single Republican vote. It will now presumably be reconciled with the version of this bill passed by House Democrats earlier and be enacted into law. Read More...Tags: Fred Moore, Casey Mulligan, President Joe Biden, Byrd Rule, Sen. Joe Manchin
02/15/21
Unity pledge belied by bitter impeachment trial, bumper crop of presidential actions, and plan to ram through $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill via budget reconciliation. Read More...Tags: multitasking, President Donald Trump, COVID pandemic, Biden agenda, Incitement of insurrection, Article of impeachment, Senate trial, House impeachment managers, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Bruce Castor, David Schoen, Michael van der Veen, January exception, Big lie, Fight like hell, Trump's mob, Double talk, Vice President Mikle Pence, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Biden presidential actions, Proclamation of day of national unity, Covid-related actions, Sen. Joe Manchin, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, Byrd Rule, Congressional Budget Office
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
03/13/17
Substance of the bill to “repeal and replace” GovCare should not be limited by procedural technicalities. Read More...Tags: American Health Care Act, HHS Secretary Tom Price, Speaker Paul Ryan, President Trump, political capital, Congressional Budget Office, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare Lite, Medicaid expansion, individual HCI markets, filibuster, Byrd Rule, nuclear option