TRANSCRIPT: My fellow Americans, It's an exciting time for our country. Our new Administration has so much change underway – change that is going to strengthen our Union and improve so many people’s lives. In the next few days, the Senate will be taking a very important step – one that will protect the rule … Continue reading President Trump’s Weekly Address: Confirm Judge Gorsuch
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In the heart of tax season, Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen will address the National Press Club next Wednesday even as many members of Congress question why someone who dodged impeachment during the Obama administration continues to be the face of the tax collecting agency under President Donald Trump. “If we saw more pressure … Continue reading Obama IRS Chief Who Dodged Impeachment Continues Under Trump
Funny thing about American manufacturing: The good news about what’s happening at American factories often sounds like bad news to politicians. American factories are one of the wonders of the world, and, in spite of what President Donald Trump, Senator Bernie Sanders, and other lightly informed populists claim, they are humming. U.S. manufacturing output is … Continue reading The Purpose of Manufacturing Isn’t to Create Jobs
Why is Trump attacking the House Freedom Caucus? He has tweeted that “we must fight them.” My first thought: this is inevitable. Destiny is unfolding before our eyes! There is the obvious fact that the Freedom Caucus was the reason the GOP’s so-called replacement for Obamacare went down to defeat. They fought it for a … Continue reading Why Is Trump Waging War on the Freedom Caucus?
Senate Democrats apparently could take some tips from Senate Republicans in hiring more racially diverse senior staff. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., noting that Republicans have an edge on Democrat colleagues in this department, said he wants to encourage his colleagues to find and bring on board qualified minority applicants. “We have one of the most … Continue reading On Diversity of Top Staff, Senate Republicans Outpace Democrats
Republican leaders are voicing disapproval of budget cuts proposed by President Donald Trump. “I doubt there’d be a lot of appetite for dramatic cuts this year,” Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, told Roll Call. “I just look at it as a conversation. They’ve got their views, we’ve got our views, and we need to … Continue reading Budget Cuts Face Resistance From Republican Lawmakers
After Republicans pulled a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare last week, conservative members of the House Freedom Caucus are shrugging off criticism leveled at them by Republican colleagues—including from President Donald Trump himself. In a Thursday morning tweet, Trump said the Freedom Caucus “will hurt the entire Republican agenda if they don’t get on … Continue reading Freedom Caucus Not Phased by Trump’s Tweet Threat
President Donald Trump’s tweet that it’s the House Freedom Caucus that “we must fight” shows there may be a little confusion about what “draining the swamp” means or, at the very least, what it looks like. I thought draining the swamp meant changing the culture not just in Washington, but of Washington. I thought … Continue reading Freedom Caucus Is an Ally, Not an Enemy in Draining the Swamp
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke just acknowledged the elephant in the room. “The Rio Grande, what side of the river are you going to put the wall?” he said, speaking at the Public Land Council’s Legislative Conference. “We’re not going to put it on our side and cede the river to Mexico. And we’re probably not … Continue reading Border wall will literally dry up hundreds of thousands of American jobs
The annual budget for our bloated and sclerotic federal government consumes about $4 trillion of America’s economic output, yet President Trump so far has not proposed to reduce that overall spending burden by even one penny. A few programs are targeted for cuts, to be sure, but I explained last week, that “taxpayers won’t reap … Continue reading Meals on Wheels: Anatomy of a Fake Budget Cut
