Month: September 2017

GOP Leaders Agree to Give Finger to Far Right

On August 31st, I argued that pairing disaster relief with the debt ceiling was a no-brainer for the Republican leadership and that it could offer them a way out of the complete crack-up this September that I’ve been...

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Irma Sets A New Record

Eric Fisher, Chief Meteorologist @CBSBoston w/reports for @CBSNews: Irma ticks up another notch at 2pm…now 185mph winds! Breaks own record for strongest hurricane east of the Caribbean. To appreciate that development,...

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The Right Has to Be Sidelined

I encourage you to peruse the Heritage Foundation’s September action plan to see how unreasonable and unrealistic their demands are for how they expect Republican leaders to behave and Republican officeholders to vote....

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Tax Reform Coverage is Slowly Improving

As late as a couple of weeks ago, the articles on tax reform never seemed to mention the need to first pass a new budget that would include reconciliation instructions for tax reform. That led me to write a couple of pieces that...

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