Forcing Democrats to look at the red ink in their spending plans
House Democrats’ squabbling over the size and content of a $3.5 trillion budget bill resulted in the delay of a vote on a trillion dollar (give or take) infrastructure bill….
Congress balks at qualified immunity reform
Criminal justice reform backers who hoped Congress would take at least some steps to curb the court-created doctrine of qualified immunity are reportedly in for a huge disappointment: Police reform…
Want the U.S. to be tops in computer chips? Ditch the subsides and fix the tax code
The Senate approved, with bipartisan support, a measure that would give tax subsidies to semiconductor firms that build new manufacturing plants in the U.S. The moved was touted as bringing…
The IRS’ bonfire of incompetency gets bigger
Even as congressional Democrats want to give it more money and power to squeeze cash out of taxpayers, the IRS seems to have big problems keeping its own house in…
Anti-tech bills play into China’s hands
The House of Representatives is plunging ahead with a series of bills aimed at curbing the political class’ favorite bogeyman, the nation’s largest technology companies. While a bipartisan populist chorus…
Time to Sink the Jones Act
The federal government has layers of rules and regulations that benefit the few at the expense of the many. It’s a behavior that’s sometimes called rent-seeking, a way to increase…
Manchin Vows Not to End Filibuster
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin says he will not bow to a progressive push to eliminate the Senate’s filibuster rule. Writing in the Washington Post, Manchin says: Every time the…
Meet the TVAs multi-million dollar CEO
The federally-owned Tennessee Valley Authority has a number of advantages private utilities don’t, such as not being liable for local, state, or federal taxes. And for the CEO, working for…
Republicans take the ‘A’ grades, Democrats the ‘Fs’ in fiscal report card
The Cato Institute has released its “Fiscal Report Card on America’s Governors” for 2020 and four of the nation’s top state executives have earned “A” grades for cutting tax and…
The Political Fight Over the Barrett Nomination
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court has, predictably, set conservatives cheering and liberals wailing. But…
