12/17/18 Filed in:
Political System SAFE proposed four relatively modest goals for the closing weeks of the 115th Congress; guess how many of them will be achieved this year. Read More...Tags: unified Republican government, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, President Donald Trump, repeal and replace GovCare, Sen. John McCain, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Bipartisan Budget Act, Joint Select Committe re budget process, debt limit, Sen. David Perdue, farm bill, governmment shutdown, border wall funding, Vice President Mike Pence, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, NAFTA, USMCA, Sen. Pat Toomey, Thomas Donohue, Robert Mueller, James Comey, Rep. Adam Schiff, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Rep. Devin Nunes, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, Rep. Trey Gowdy
09/25/17 Filed in:
HealthcareGraham-Cassidy bill would lower federal profile in healthcare and give more authority to the states. Read More...Tags: GovCare, individual HCI business, Graham-Cassidy bill, Sen. Susan Collins, Sen. John McCain, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Sen. Rand Paul, Sen. Bill Cassidy, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Dean Heller, Sen. Ron Johnson, HHS Secretary Tom Price, Affordable Care Act, Medicaid expansion, work requirement for Medicaid, Medicaid block grants, Congressional Budget Office, Avalere Health, Senate filibuster rule, reconciliation process, former President Barack Obama, Jimmy Kimmel, Sen. Chris Coons, Alan Blinder, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Medicare for all, Sen. Cory Booker, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Kamala Harris, President Donald Trump, Yogi Berra, August recess, Sen. Lamar Alexander, Senate HELP Committee, Sen. Patty Murray
07/24/17 Filed in:
HealthcarePresident tries to break Senate impasse on healthcare bill; his remarks were helpful but may not be enough. Read More...Tags: Better Care Reconciliation Act, GovCare , American Health Care Act, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Sen. Mike Lee, Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. John McCain, Sen. Dean Heller, Speaker Paul Ryan, Sen. Rand Paul, Sen. John Cornyn, Sen. Rob Portman, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Bill Cassidy
07/17/17 Filed in:
Political SystemWhy is a special counsel investigating alleged GOP collusion with the Russians in the 2016 elections? Read More...Tags: Wilkileaks, Russian hackers, Clinton campaign, Trump campaign, FBI investigation, FBI Director James Comey, Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein, former FBI Director Robert Mueller, special counsel appointment, banker Jamie Dimon, no free lunch principle, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Sen. Mike Lee, Sen Ted Cruz, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Sen. John McCain, Mark Short, Donald Trump Jr.
02/20/17 Filed in:
Political SystemThis country faces a host of problems, and both sides need to stay focused on finding solutions. Read More...Tags: Democratic resistance strategy, delayed confirmations, Mick Mulvaney, Sen. John McCain, Gen. Michael Flynn, discussions with Russia, security info leaks, investigations, impeachment , 25th Amendment, press conference, no chaos at White House, dishonest media , executive branch too strong, executive brank too weak, unelected elites, Paris climate agreement, entrenched bureaucrats, judicial system, free press
Presidential candidates ignored the fiscal problem in 2008, and the same thing could happen this year, but wishing won't make the problem go away. Read More...Tags: red ink, economic stimulus package, green jobs, long-term budget outlook, unfunded liabiliites, Lawrence Kotlikoff, Gary North, David Walker, IOUSA, October surprise, Sen. Barack Obama, Sen. John McCain, Fiscal Commission, Erskine Bowles, Alan Simpson, William Devane, Gallup poll, top issues, Hillary Clinton, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Ted Cruz, Gov. John Kasich, Ben Carson, Wolf Blitzer