Update 292 — August 14 Primary Results: Signs of Reversion to the Norm in the Midwest One of the central themes of this year’s Democratic midterm primaries continues to be the establishment candidate versus the progressive outsider. Although progressive candidates had an impressive showing this week, the more “establishment” candidate has generally come out on …
Update 291: The Neverending Gender Pay Gap as a Phenomenon and a Political Issue in ‘18 Today, women in the U.S. are earning, on average, just 82 cents for every dollar men earn for the same work. This is a two cent improvement over a decade ago. At this rate, we will achieve pay equity …
Update 290 — August 7 Primary Results Reveal Growing Number of Competitive November Races Last night was another exciting Tuesday primary and special election day in the midst of a slow-moving August recess week here in Washington. From Ohio to Michigan, Washington State, and even Kansas, elections were held that set up competitive general elections …
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Update 289: Trump Floats Tax Cuts By Decree Called “Illegal, Flat-Out Bonkers;” Is it News? The GOP impulse to overreach when it comes to tax cuts is gaining almost frantic momentum right before the the August recess, as the GOP’s hopes of keeping its majorities in Congress looks ever more remote. Last week it …
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Update 288 — Taxing the Future, a GOP Trilogy; Does Tax Reform 2.0, ff. = Triple-Down Economics? House Ways and Means Committee Chair Brady is on a mission to make tax cuts a winning issue for Republicans in the fall. His legislative vehicle is “Tax Reform 2.0.” The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), signed last …
Update 287 — Why Women Are Winning: The GA Primary Run-Offs as a Case Study Four first-time candidates competed in GA-06 and GA-07 last night in the Democratic primary runoff. In both races, a man ran against a woman and the woman won — a familiar story thus far in the 2018 Democratic primary season. …
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Update 286: If at First You Do Succeed…JOBS Act 3.0 — S. 2155 Redux Writ Small? On Monday, a package of financial regulatory measures (deregulatory in aggregate effect), cleared the House overwhelmingly and has joined the short-list of bills on the Senate’s post-recess floor time queue. JOBS 3.0 raises plenty of non-Dodd-Frank issues, but it …
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Update 285: Kavanaugh Nomination Fires Up Pink Army, Propelling Blue Wave Gaining Speed The 2018 congressional primary season is more than half over and it is already apparent how this election cycle will stand apart from all preceding ones, with consequences certain to be seen in November and beyond. Women are entering the US …
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Update 284 — Ideological Opposition and a Curious Quorum Conundrum Bedevil EXIM One of the most glaring examples of the feckless approach of the Trump administration to running the federal government is its approach to the Export-Import Bank. A late convert to the value of the Bank, Trump’s mix of active efforts to undermine the …
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Update 283 — Taxing Times at the IRS: Administrative Agency in Deep with Trump On Thursday, Senate Finance held a confirmation hearing for Charles “Chuck” Rettig to be IRS commissioner. Rettig, a tax attorney, spent 35 years at a Beverly Hills law firm helping Hollywood stars fight the IRS. Rettig is poised to take the helm …
