06/11/18
Re the JSC’s review of the budget process, no one has zeroed in on the primary problem: The Senate filibuster rule is being used to slow down the process for partisan advantage. Read More...Tags: Joint Select Committe re budget process, Martha Coven, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Bill Hoagland, Don Wolfensberger, Emily Holubowich, Matt Owens, Maya MacGuineas, Jim Capretta, Bill Dauster, Joe White, smootihing budget process, government shutdowns, debt limit, Rep. Steve Womack , Rep. Nita Lowey, biennial budgeting, budget resolutions, budget proposals, Senate filibuster rule, reconciliation process, Social Security, Medicare, demographic trends, fiscal house of cards, discretionary spending, mandatory spending, US Comptroller General, Gene Dodaro, Major Savings and Reforms, CAGW's Prime Cuts, Mick Mulvaney, Tom Schatz, Michael Tanner
05/14/18
The Joint Select Committee on Budge and Appropriations Process Reform is a representative sample of participants in the congressional budget process; expect some fine-tuning of the current rules but no more. Read More...Tags: Joint Select Committe re budget process, Bipartisan Budget Act, Senate filibuster rule, Citizens Against Government Waste, Heritage Foundation, Martha Coven, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Rep. Steve Womack, Rep. Nita Lowey, Mick Mulvaney, Sen. David Perdue, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Rep. Jodey Arrington, Rep. John Yarmuth, Sen. Jodi Ernst, Sen. Michael Bennet, Rep. Bob Woodall, Rep. Derek Kilmer, Sen. James Lankford, Sen. Brian Schatz, Sen. Roy Blunt, Rep. Pete Sessions, Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Sen. Mazie Hiron
05/07/18
Partisan bickering and worse drives out thoughtful debate, promoting stalemate or poor policy choices. Our political leaders need to do much better, both in DC and Delaware.
Read More...Tags: advice for attorneys, SAFE board meeting, deficits and debt, tax cut bill, Sen. Ted Cruz, Impoundment Control Act of 1974, Balanced Budget Amendment, line item veto, Convention of States , appropriation bills, Joint Select Committe re budget process, Martha Coven, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Sen. James Lankford, Mueller probe, Professor Alan Dershowitz, Russian collusion, Michael Cohen, Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein, James Comey, Jerome Corsi, Cicero, Scott Pruitt, Sen. Tom Carper, Parkland Florida shooting, Delaware gun control legislation, Governor John Carney, Sen. Chris Coons, Appoquinimink School District, News Journal, offshore wind power, healthcare benchmarking proposal, DHSS Secretary Cara Odom Walker, Wyane Smith, Delaware hospitals
02/13/17
Some economists seem to suggest otherwise, but a tax on US imports would not represent “free money.” Read More...Tags: Republican tax plan, Rep. Kevin Brady, Donald Trump, border adjustments, Speaker Paul Ryan, destination-based cash flow tax, Value Added Tax, Elena Patel, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, William Gale, Scott Hodge, World Trade Organization, Martin Feldstein, Sen. David Perdue, SimpleTax Plan, Sen. Orrin Hatch, Gary Cohn