Month: September 2017

Why a Tax Bill Will Be So Hard

I wrote a piece yesterday entitled Tax Reform and the Politics of Tennessee that highlighted the roles of Sen. Bob Corker and Rep. Diane Black in the next big battle in Washington DC. It was the latest in a series of posts...

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What Didn’t Happen

(Not the most important thing, but when you’re down, the second worst thing to do is fudge, embellish, concoct, etc. in an effort to get back up.) The Guardian “This is not OK, I thought,” Clinton writes....

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Would Ryan Resign to Get the DREAM Act?

Consistency isn’t the Republican Party’s strong suit, so I don’t want to make too much of this. But there’s something I discussed yesterday that could have a big impact on the effort to pass the DREAM Act...

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Tax Reform and the Politics of Tennessee

Nancy already wrote about the president’s plan to advance his tax reform effort by inviting Democratic Sens. Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota to eat dinner tonight at...

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Casual Observation

I wrote about this this a few days ago. Now that it has passed by unanimous consent in the Senate, we’ll have to see if it passes in the House and lands like a giant wet turd on President Trump’s Resolute Desk.

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