Politics

IPI's Merrill Matthews says Walker’s plan is a little more detailed than Rubio’s and focuses on people without employer-based plans. “Rubio wants to give everyone a tax credit, which is the right thing to do, but it’s very difficult to explain to the public. It also talks about expanding Medicare, but how do you expand Medicare and pay for it?”

A number of state legislatures are investigating the “state application and convention process” to amend the Constitution. Here’s what conservatives need to know about that effort.

Is the only way to control historic rivalries in the Middle East for a despot, whether elected or not, to keep a heavy hand on the population? 

If you're fed up with the Washington stalemate, the best thing to do is get behind an Article V Convention of the States.

There are so many problems with her plan it’s hard to know where to start grading.

Clinton's proposal, which would be paid for in part by taxing wealthier Americans and demands states pick up a greater share of higher ed costs, has many of the same trappings as Obamacare, according to Merrill Matthews, resident scholar with IPI.

Running as a viable independent or third-party presidential candidate isn’t easy but it’s doable—if you have enough money and a wide network of supporters. And Donald Trump has both.

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen says that, as far as the IRS is concerned, the First Amendment guarantee of religious freedom is not threatened by the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, which requires states to recognize same-sex marriages. But for how long?

IPI's Tom Giovanetti said many Republicans feel the Supreme Court, with its conservative majority, has failed them. “A big part of conservative strategy over the years has been the importance of controlling the White House in order to get Republican-appointed judges. That was the justification for turning out and to vote, even if you don’t like the candidate. The Republicans are upset because they feel as if that strategy hasn’t worked.” 

When a president takes us too far in one direction, they start to swing back in the opposite direction—at least temporarily. Trump happens to be the brashest and most outlandish Obama critic, which allows him to take advantage of public discontent.