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August 7 Primary Results Reveal Growing Number of Competitive November Races (August 8)

April 2, 2024 | Primary Series 2018, Update

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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Trump Floats Tax Cuts by Decree Called "Illegal, Flat-Out Bonkers" (August 1)

April 2, 2024 | Taxes, Update

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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Why Women Are Winning: The GA Primary Run-Offs as a Case Study (Jul. 25)

April 2, 2024 | Election 2018, Update

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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JOBS Act 3.0 — S. 2155 Redux Writ Small? (July 20)

April 2, 2024 | Dodd-Frank, Update

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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Kavanaugh Nomination Fires Up Pink Army (July 11)

April 2, 2024 | Election 2018, Update

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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Ideological Opposition and a Curious Quorum Conundrum Bedevil EXIM (July 6)

April 2, 2024 | Miscellaneous, Update

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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A Tree Falls in Queens (June 27)

April 2, 2024 | Election 2018, Update

Update 282: A Tree Falls in Queens: House Leader Crowley’s Loss Shocks Party In a surprise on the order of then-House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor’s primary defeat in 2014, Rep. Joseph Crowley, Chair of the House Democratic Caucus was defeated by a first-time candidate, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, in yesterday’s New York District 14 primary. Ocasio-Cortez …

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Regular Disorder & Policymaking (June 22)

April 2, 2024 | Uncategorized, Update

Update 281: Regular Disorder & Policymaking; Appropriations Panel Weighs Rough Riders FY 2019 is turning into yet another novel year for the budget as the Republican majority continues with its fiscal ineptitude.  The 2018 Bipartisan Budget Act increased all discretionary spending caps, allowing appropriators to begin to draft spending bills without a formal budget resolution. In …

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