Archive for the ‘Budget’ Category
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The President’s Budget Test
Posted on May 22, 2017
(Also Published In The Hill) If I were the president and I were to submit a budget to Congress, I would make sure that all the parts of that budget...
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Regular Order and the Spending Bills
Posted on April 19, 2016
(This originally appeared in The Hill) Alexander Hamilton, newly a star on Broadway, didn’t care much for specific spending requests from Congress. He urged the House and the Senate to...
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Cursing My Government For Not Using My Taxes to Fill Holes With More Cement
Posted on August 4, 2015
“You fell asleep in my car I drove the whole time But that’s okay I’ll just avoid the holes so you sleep fine I’m driving here I sit Cursing my...
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Anxiety and NIH
Posted on July 6, 2015
ISIS? The Greek Crisis? A nuclear Iran? Jennifer and Ben divorcing? Nope. What really causes anxiety among the American people is the fear that they are going to get Alzheimer’s....
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Avoiding Another Omnibus
Posted on June 4, 2015
President Barack Obama worked closely with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to pass trade promotion authority, also known as fast track, before the Memorial Day recess in the Senate. And...
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