PolicyBytes

The Senate filibuster emerged in the 1800s and has evolved over time.  It originally made the Senate a more deliberative body, but a change in 1975 has made it less deliberative.

President Trump appears more excited about tax reform than health care reform, but he will face some of the same challenges--and perhaps even more.

Republicans challenged President Obama efforts to raise the debt ceiling by demanding spending cuts. Now that the debt ceiling is back and Republicans are in control, will they be as aggressive in pushing spending cuts?

Republicans fought hard to end health insurer bailouts under Obamacare; so why do they include them in the American Health Care Act?

Obamacare abandoned actuarial principles, which is a primary reason why the health insurance exchanges are collapsing.  The Republican replace plan does the same thing.

There are two ways of viewing the "Forgotten Man": William Graham Sumner identified the right definition in 1883.  President Trump seems to taking a similar approach.

There is a reason why Republicans are coalescing around a refundable tax credit instead of direct subsidies for health insurance.

Republicans are getting perilously close to losing the momentum they had and will need to repeal and replace Obamacare.

President Trump's recent financial reform executive order identifies six principles that should guide legislation to replace the Dodd-Frank law.

The Trump tax reform plan would encourage companies to be bring their production to the U.S., likely mitigating any perceived need for imposing an import tariff.