The Obamacare markets: Trump is making Democrats pay for writing an ambiguous law
P.L. 111-148 , also known as “Obamacare.” By Rob Oldham Over the last few weeks, the Trump administration has taken an important step in dismantling the Affordable Care Act by… Read More
The 1986 Tax Reform Effort Shows that Republicans Have a Tough Road Ahead
Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26 By Rob Oldham If there is one thing that unites Republicans as different as Donald Trump, Paul Ryan (WI), and Susan Collins (ME), it is a general… Read More
A Closer Look at a Trump-Schumer Deal to Eliminate the Debt Ceiling
Source: Bloomberg.com, https://www.bloomberg.com/quicktake/the-debt-ceiling By Rob Oldham President Trump made waves in Washington when he agreed to a deal with congressional Democrats that provides relief from the damage caused by Hurricane… Read More
When Presidents Try to Primary Congressmen
Source: http://www.todayingeorgiahistory.org/content/fdrs-controversial-speech-barnesville by Rob Oldham In Barnesville, Georgia in August 1938, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, recently elected to his second term in 1936, shared a stage with Senator Walter George, the… Read More
When Unified Government Just Isn’t Enough
Illustration credit: Wikipedia. by Rob Oldham Don’t sound the alarm just yet, but it looks like the Republican Party’s policy agenda might be in trouble. Without a 60-member Senate… Read More
What Place Will the Filibuster Have In the 115th Congress?
Photo credit: McConnnell.senate.gov by Rob Oldham For the first time in six years, we have unified government. With Republicans in charge of the House and the Senate… Read More
About That Trump Term-Limit Proposal
Source: Bill Watterson by Rob Oldham In the waning days of his campaign for president, Donald Trump stoked the anti-Washington sentiment that had drawn in so many of… Read More
Is Too Much Transparency Crippling Congressional Deal-Making?
The U.S. Congress: Too much or too little transparency? by Rob Oldham President-elect Donald Trump prides himself on being a deal-maker and has said that he hopes to… Read More
Congressional Earmarks: Are We Better Off Without Them?
Source: Data for Social Science Good, 0 0 1 1399 7975 R Street Institute 66 18 9356 14.0… Read More