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Sept. 26, 2017
The GOP’s Latest Attempt to Repeal Obamacare Won’t Even Get a Vote After a pretty depressing luncheon discussion, Senate Republicans decided they won’t humiliate themselves with a vote on the Graham-Cassidy bill.
Sept. 25, 2017
Can the Senate Push Aside the Saturday Deadline for Graham-Cassidy? We’ve all assumed the GOP’s latest Obamacare repeal faces a hard deadline. Not so fast.
Sept. 11, 2017
The Trump-Democratic Fiscal Deal Puts The Lid Back On A Boiling Pot Trump’s fiscal deal with Democrats really just put off a manufactured crisis. The problems the GOP faces in enacting a tax bill haven’t gone away.
Aug. 2, 2017
The GOP Health-Care Bill Was a Mess. The GOP’s Tax and Budget Plans Are Messier. The GOP’s plans to use the budget process for health-care and tax legislation are already half-ruined. The worst could be yet to come.
July 19, 2017
Trumpcare’s ‘Orphans’ Must Search for New Homes Several provisions conservatives hitched to Obamacare repeal will need new legislative vehicles now that Trumpcare has crashed.
July 14, 2017
After Trumpcare, Republicans Will Have to Tackle an Even Bigger Mess Yes, the health-care debacle has stalled budget and tax bills, but Republicans are nowhere close to agreement on the broad outlines of a fiscal plan.
June 27, 2017
Republicans May Have a Plan B If Their Health-Care Bill Fails The Trumpcare bill is mostly composed of tax and Medicaid cuts. Why not shift these items into the next budget bill?
May 23, 2017
The Trump Budget Is Really Just a Cynical Ploy The draconian spending cuts will never pass Congress. But Trump is preparing excuses in advance for when GOP tax cuts balloon the deficit.
