02/12/18 Filed in:
SpendingThe more one examines last week's bipartisan, bicameral budget deal, which raised government spending levels across the board, the uglier it looks. Read More...Tags: Bipartisan Budget Act, DACA , President Donald Trump, border wall , dreamers, Diversity Visa Lottery, chain migration, Sen Chuck Schumer, Sen Mitch McConnell, deficits, debt ceiling, House Speaker Paul Ryan, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Sen. John Thune, Sen. Chris Coons, budget caps, CHIP, community health[care] centers, tea party, President's budget proposal, defense spending, debt limit, tax preferences, fuel cell investment tax credit, Medicare, Independent Payment Advisory Board, donut hole, Joint Select Committe re budget process, "Super Committee" in 2011
01/29/18 Filed in:
SpendingTo avoid being blamed for the next government shutdown, which is set for February 8, Republicans should consider taking a harder line. Read More...Tags: continuing resolution, GovCare, tax cut , apppriation bills, CHIP, debt limit, DACA Program, government shutdown, defense spending, budget caps, Sen. Tom Carper , dreamers, Sen Chuck Schumer, President Donald Trump, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Schumer Shutdown, Trump Shutdown, Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, Legislative Affairs Director Mark Short, Sen. Mitch McConnell, moderate senators, Sen. Chris Coons, Sen Joe Lieberman, "No labels" movement, path to citizenship, border wall funding, Senate filibuster rule, Sen. Ted Cruz. , nuclear option
01/15/18 Filed in:
SpendingFar from taking leadership of the impasse over spending levels, the current majority party is allowing their political opponents to determine what items will be discussed and in what order. This will not end well. Read More...Tags: earmarks, drain the swamp, Sen. Tom Coburn, bridge to nowhere, Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Harry Reid, Citizens Against Government Waste, Pig Book, Prime Cuts , DACA Program, Michael Wolff, Wolf Blitzer, White House director of legislative affairs Marc Sbort, Sen. Dick Durbin, Sen Chuck Schumer, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Jeff Flake, Sen. Corry Gardner, Sen. Michael Bennet, Sen. Robert Menendez, chain migration, Diversity Visa Lottery, Rep. Steny Hoyer