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Constitutional Route Becoming Popular
Read moreGiven the present economic and political climate, many are eying Constitutional changes to help improve the budget situation. In yesterday’s Wall...
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Health Reform by Reconciliation: Maligned, Misunderstood, but Misused Is Up for Debate
Read moreUnable to pass health care reform using “regular order,” Congressional Democrats now are turning to much-misunderstood process known as “budget...
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‘Line’ Items: A Lonely Road, Paying for Jobs
Read moreHighway to Nowhere – Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) has blocked a vote on temporarily extending unemployment and COBRA benefits, the Medicare “doc fix” as...
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“Painful, Unglamorous, and Indispensible Work of Fiscal Discipline”
Read moreThose were some of the words uttered by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) today at the Brookings Institution as the latest political leader to...
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Bunning is Right on Unemployment: “We Should Pay For It”
Read moreLast night, Senator Jim Bunning blocked an effort to pass a one-month “extenders” bill by unanimous consent. The bill includes temporary extensions of...
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President's Health Care Summit
Read moreThe President's effort to forge a bipartisan solution to health care reform at today's summit has just started and is televised on C-Span (click here...
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‘Line’ Items: Tax Reform, the Fed, and Congress Back to Work
Read moreCommission Commencement – President Obama signed Thursday the Executive Order officially creating the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and...
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‘Line’ Items: Commissions, Summits, Caps and Dogs
Read moreCommission Coming – The White House says President Obama will create a fiscal commission by executive order within days. Meanwhile, Republicans still...
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Blue Dogs Seek to Take a Bite Out of Spending
Read moreThe Blue Dog Democrats, fresh off of attaining long-sought statutory PAYGO rules, are now setting their sights on capping discretionary spending. They...
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‘Line’ Items: Washington Activities Affecting the Bottom Line
Read moreNo Limit to Ploys in House Rules – The House raised the debt limit to $14.3 trillion on Thursday using a procedure that allowed members to approve the...
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House Rules Stack the Deck for Debt Ceiling Increase
Read moreThe stakes are high and the House is raising the limit and calling the shots. No, we’re not talking Vegas – the casinos wish they were dealing with...
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How Refreshing to Have a Plan with…Brace Yourself…Details!
Read moreCongressman Paul Ryan’s Roadmap for America’s Future 2.0 is a standout accomplishment if for no other reason than that it deals with details. Imagine...