Author: BooMan

Senate Committee Assignments Are In

The Senate Democrats have posted their committee assignments. Members who are new or newly assigned to a committee appear in italics. Naturally, everyone will race to see what assignments were given to Elizabeth Warren, but we...

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Serious Question

I think there is a real risk that going over the cliff could cause some panic in the markets and that we might wind up in a cage-match to restore priorities in the budget that have been sequestered. So, I am not this sanguine...

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No Deal is Better Than a Bad Deal

While I can envision a deal that I would find acceptable that might ding Medicare benefits modestly, that’s highly theoretical and certainly not desirable. We would have to get a LOT of goodies in exchange for that, and...

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A Teaching Moment

It’s interesting that the Obama administration seems totally intent on taking the debt ceiling bomb away from Congress. What I like about that is that it is a lesson for America about how incredibly irresponsible the...

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