Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: The Perils of Impeachment
</p> Rather than run on their remarkably positive record, their message to voters was, to paraphrase the ad campaign, “Don’t reward Bill Clinton for his bad behavior. Vote Republican.”
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Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: 2018 Could Be Oddly Productive
</p> Watch: Welcome Back, Now Hurry: Congress’ Top Priorities for January</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> Meanwhile, the Senate Banking Committee is moving a bill to fine-tune some provisions of the Dodd-Frank
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: We’re Not in Kansas Anymore, or Are We?
The 2017 tax bill enactment has left some of us who follow the federal budget wondering whether we are headed the way of Kansas.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: New Year — Same Volatile Electorate
But the recently-passed Republican tax reform bill has the potential to move the party’s negative numbers if the personal economic outcomes live up to the bill’s promises.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: The Price of a Border Wall
</p> OK, back to reality.</p> Hovering over the winter legislative showdowns is the question of how the Democrats will use their considerable leverage in Congress.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Thinking Small When the Big Picture Looks Cloudy
</p>Who loses, who wins Democrats see a bill that disproportionately helps corporations and the wealthy, with no guarantee the benefits will trickle down.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: The Only 2018 Political Tax Guide You’ll Ever Need
</p> Q: But isn’t $930 tax saving enough to win a voter’s gratitude?</p> A: That is the biggest political question hovering over the tax bill.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Tax Cuts by the Numbers
</p> So, who’s right?</p> Time will tell. If the economy takes off after the tax bill goes into effect next year and voters see bigger paychecks and more jobs, Republicans will win the argument.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Democrats’ Picks to Repeat Alabama Upset in the South
Bill Nelson of Florida will be the only two Democrats to represent states in a deep red swath of the Deep South from Texas to North Carolina.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: The Big What-If Question Hovering Over 2018
</p> <p style="text-align: center;">***</p> Politics are rarely that predictable.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Trump’s Alabama Attitude Adjustment
</p> Watch: So Special: 4 More Special Elections on the Way, So Far</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> Alabama was so reliably Republican that the networks (to save money) did not even bother to conduct an exit
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: One Year Later — Why 21st Century Cures Still Matters
</p> We heard these stakeholders loud and clear.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: How Debt Limit Drama Gets Resolved Is Up in the Air
possible “wish list,” largely focused on using the debt limit to reinstall fiscal discipline in Congress (after possibly adding more than $1 trillion to the country’s $20 trillion debt burden with their tax bill
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: The Need for a Royal Distraction on This Side of the Pond
</p> Just dip into year-end shenanigans: a controversial tax bill passed quickly in the Senate, a looming government shutdown dependent on a budget that will need a nod from at least some Democrats, the
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: A Tribute to John Anderson — A Passionate Moderate
</p> A key moment came in 1968 when, with the cities burning after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Anderson cast the deciding vote in the House Rules Committee to send an open housing bill to
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Fiscal Order Goes Way of the Dinosaur in Tax Debate
</p> But the most recent fiscal 2018 budget resolution explicitly vacated PAYGO requirements from applying to this year’s tax reconciliation bill.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Bipartisanship Still Exists and Financial Reform Is Proof
</p> <p class="p2">The proposed bill, which has 10 Republican and 10 Democratic co-sponsors, would not revolutionize the U.S. financial regulatory system, and that’s a good thing.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Alabama and the Culture of Victimization
</p> We were chatting Thursday afternoon in Bill Floyd’s State Farm insurance office, a few blocks from the fraying downtown temporarily enlivened with Christmas wreaths on every light pole.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Ensuring We All Count
That is why we have mandated in this bill that funds be used for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities.