Energy, Federal Legislation
Three Carbon Tax Bills Enter Congress
Over the summer, three bills aimed at curbing carbon dioxide emissions through taxation were...
Health Care, Federal Legislation
REPORT: Medicare Part A is headed for insolvency in 2026
- The 2019 Medicare Trustees Report found that the trust fund for Medicare Part A will be depleted...
Federal Legislation, Criminal Justice
The Stand Together Foundation rises from the rebrand of Kochs’ seminar network
Billionaire philanthropist sibling duo Charles and David Koch recently announced that the previous...
Federal Legislation
This simple bill could seriously improve Congressional oversight
- Congress has an information-sharing problem, according to American Enterprise Scholar Rick...
Energy, Federal Legislation
Why is the Green New Deal such a polarizing issue?
Since its release earlier this year, the Green New Deal has stirred up opinions across the...
Federal Legislation
REPORT: U.S. lacks fiscal space to respond to next recession
- Many economists say it is important to keep national debt levels low in order to give the...
Federal Legislation
What does the Trump tax reform mean for politics?
Passed at the end of 2017, the Trump administration’s “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” fundamentally...
Federal Legislation
Did the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Work? Let’s Look at the Evidence
- The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed many economic benefits not just to corporations, but to...
Federal Legislation
Poll: voters like Green New Deal until they see the price tag
- A new poll from a free-market advocacy group found that voters like the Green New Deal until they...
Federal Legislation
Feds Use-It-Or-Lose-It Spending Spree
- A new report from OpenTheBooks found that federal agencies spent almost $100 billion at the end...
Federal Legislation
Modern Monetary Theory and the future of deficit spending
- Modern Monetary Theory has recently been brought into mainstream discourse through progressive...
Federal Legislation
Six proposals for pro-growth immigration reform
- Two experts at the George W. Bush Institute have set forth a series of proposals focused on the...
Energy, Federal Legislation
Nuclear power and the future of clean energy
- The Green New Deal has been criticized for neglecting nuclear power, a reliable and scalable...
Federal Legislation
With SOTU shoutout, both parties move to address paid family leave
- The US is one of the only developed countries in the world without a national paid family leave...
Federal Legislation
Lawsuit aims to tear down paywall to public court filings
- A lawsuit aims to strike down the federal judiciary’s PACER system policy of charging substantial...
Federal Legislation
On the up and up: why Congress isn’t doing anything about the federal deficit
- The federal deficit will spike from $779 billion to $1.37 trillion over the next decade, but...
Federal Legislation
OPEN Government Data Act paves way for public access to government data
- Open government advocates are celebrating the passage of the OPEN Government Data Act, which...
Federal Legislation
Will Congress take on Big Pharma in 2019?
- The pharmaceutical industry is playing defense with lawmakers and the American public over rising...
Federal Legislation
A strange confluence: the groups behind criminal justice reform
- An exceptionally diverse coalition of lawmakers and advocacy groups supported the First Step Act,...
Federal Legislation
Billions and counting: why shutting down the government is actually worse for taxpayers
- Even though it involves closing agencies, shutting down the government is actually more costly...
Federal Legislation
Trump under the gun: bracing for Democrats’ “subpoena cannon”
- Congressional Democrats are chomping at the bit to subpoena the Trump administration now that...
Federal Legislation
Who stands to benefit from the return of earmarks?
- The use of earmarks will almost certain return to Congress in 2019, but it is likely to come with...