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
07/03/17 Filed in:
HealthcareSenate healthcare bill has some good points, and a “bipartisan” approach wouldn’t yield better results.
Read More...Tags: Sen. Mitch McConnell, Better Care Reconciliation Act, Michael Harrington, Congressional Budget Office, Sen. Susan Collins, Speaker Paul Ryan, Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, Medicaid, Indiana, Rhode Island, Delaware, AARP, President Barack Obama, tax cut for the wealthy, President Donald Trump, Sen. Dick Durbin, Robert Reich, assisted suicide
05/22/17 Filed in:
HealthcareInstead of watering down the American Health Care Act, Senate Republicans should try to make it better. Read More...Tags: American Health Care Act, Afffordable Care Act, Medicaid expansion, healthcare insurance, Obamacare Lite, preexisting condittions, Trumpcare, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Sen. Rob Portman, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Sen Orrin Hatch, Sen. Bill Cassidy, Sen. John Hoeven, Sen. Ted Cruz, Holman Jenkins, Charles Krauthammer
04/03/17 Filed in:
Political SystemFilibuster rule leads to: gridlock, congressional decline, one-way ratchet, poor bills, budget blackmail. Read More...Tags: nuclear option, Neil Gorsuch, Sen. Mitch McConnell, advise and consent, Sen. Chuck Schumer, gridlock, one way ratchet, Congressional Budget Office, American Health Care Act, government shutdown, debt limit, spending authority
02/06/17 Filed in:
RegulationsRollback of counterproductive regulations is crucial and would justify changing Senate rules (if need be). Read More...Tags: cost of regulations, regulatory swamp, reversing executive actions, reversing regiulations, changing legislation, Congressional Review Act, Sen. Tom Carper, Todd Gaziano, coalition letter on CRA, Sen. Chris Coons, Tom Pruiitt, Betsy DeVos, financial market "core principles", Dodd-Frank Act, fiduciary duty rule, judge Neil Gorsuch, Sen. Harry Reid, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Rep. Tom McClintock
01/18/16 Filed in:
Political SystemAs Harry Truman famously said about political life, “if you can’t stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.” Read More...Tags: State of the Union address, King of Thrones, Kemp forum, Sen. Mitch McConnell, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Donald Trump , Senator Ted Cruz, Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama, San Bernardino terrorist attack, Veterans Affairs, President George W. Bush, Gov. Nikki Haley, Wayne Allen Root, GOP presidential candidates debate, Neil Cavuto, Maria Bartiromo, Sen. Marco Rubio, natural born citizen, "birther" argument, Professor Lawrence Tribe, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Gov. Chris Christie, Hillary Clinton