01/20/20 Filed in:
Political SystemSAFE strives to assist the members of Congress in focusing on and passing constructive legislation; here’s a current example involving the DE members. Read More...Tags: impeachment proceedings, "must-pass" appropriation bills, Sen. Tom Carper, Sen. Chris Coons, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, survey re handling of constituent correspondence, appropriation bills, border barrier funding, USMCA, riders, Export-Import Bank, special insterest tax breaks, Increasing US oil production, Obamacare
01/13/20
Our expectations were low for the year-end legislative activity in DC, but Congress managed to undershoot them. One win – multiple losses! Read More...Tags: appropriation bills, logrolling, Impeachment inquiry, border barriers, USMCA, multiemployer pension plans, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Mitch McConnell, President Donald Trump, President Bill Clinton, balanced budget, omnibus appropriation bills, redesignation of military construction funds, Sen. Chuck Grassley, Sen. Lamar Alexander, UMW pension plan, Export-Import Bank, paid family leave, Business Roundtable, taxes on healthcare, renewal of extenders
12/02/19
Don’t blame sporadic, ineffective government on the current president. This pattern has been developing for years, and barring corrective action it will keep getting worse. Read More...Tags: Sen. Bernie Sanders, President Donald Trump, appropriation bills, continuing resolution, border fencing, Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019, multiemployer pension plans, joint select committee, Rep. Sherrod Brown, Sen. Orrin Hatch, Congressional Budget Office, NAFTA, USMCA, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Mexican President Lopez Obrador, presidental vs. congressional roles, Pew Resarch polling, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
02/11/19
The president’s address to Congress was politically astute, but it painted an excessively rosy picture of the true "state of the union." Read More...Tags: SOTU, President Donald Trump, President Bill Clinton, President Barack Obama, tea party movement, border barriers, Illegal immigration, dreamers, Right to Try, International Pricing Index, manmade global warming theory, fossil fuels, Green New Deal, Medicare for all, socialism, deficits, debt, paid family leave, tariffs, trade talks with China, NAFTA, USMCA, Reciprocal Trade Act, National Taxppayers Union, INF Treaty, South China Sea, Taiwan, Kim Jong Un, Juan Guaido, Maduro regime, principled realism, ISIS, USS Cole attack, Iran Nuclear Deal, anti-Semitism
12/17/18
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
11/19/18
Faster economic growth would be great, but the president’s plan may need some adjustments. Numerous opinions are reflected in the analysis, which transcends the standard liberal/conservative divide. Read More...Tags: GDP growth , President Donald Trump, Larry Kudlow, Stephen Moore, Art Laffer, US trade deficit, Republcan tax cuts, WSJ economist survey, David Stockman, Brett Aitken, Stansberry Research, Herbert Hoover, Michael Snyder, Ray Dalio, middle class lifestyle, "free stuff", David Smick, China, theft of intellecdtual property, Trans-Pacific Partnership, NAFTA, USMCA, Paul Volcker, Ted Kaufman
11/12/18
SAFE to DC: Between now and 12/31, please focus on budget process reform, FY 2019 appropriation bills, approval of USMCA, and disclosure of how/why the Trump campaign investigation was started.
Read More...Tags: early voting, Joint Select Committe re budget process, Rep. Steve Womack, debt limit, border wall funding, President Donald Trump, amnesty, DACA , Supreme Court, 9th Circuit, NAFTA, USMCA, Mueller probe, Jeff Sessions, Andrew Whittaker, Sen. Chris Coons, James Comey, Clinton campaign, Rep. Adam Schiff, Rod Rosenstein, Rep. Devin Nunes, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, Rep. Trey Gowdy