Carolyn Maloney Loses to Jerry Nadler in Hotly Contested House Race
🔊 Listen to this article With more than two thirds of votes in, NBC News reports that Rep. Jerry Nadler has defeated Rep. Carolyn Maloney in the New York Democratic …
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Republicans Should Treat Anthony Fauci Like Democrats Treat Republicans
🔊 Listen to this article New precedents recently set by Democrats should ensure that Fauci will still be around to answer questions from an incoming GOP majority. The FederalistThe Federalist …
How To Waste $1 Trillion
🔊 Listen to this article Another week, another reminder that heavy-handed government industrial policy is in fashion. Nobel Prize-winning economist Michael Spence recently endorsed it as embodied in the newly …
Six More States Could Legalize Recreational Marijuana This Fall
🔊 Listen to this article Voters in at least five states will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana this fall, and a similar measure may yet qualify for the ballot …
Biden Shouldn’t Meet Xi Jinping in China. He Should Do It in America.
🔊 Listen to this article The news that President Joe Biden is preparing to meet face-to-face in Asia in November with the head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Xi …
Judicial Review of Congress Updated and Expanded
🔊 Listen to this article I have now posted to my personal website an updated and expanded version of the Judicial Review of Congress Database. You may find here the …
The Next Farm Bill Will Probably Stink Worse and Cost More
🔊 Listen to this article Renewal of the dreaded Farm Bill looms anew. “Even though there is still over a year remaining on the current Farm Bill, discussions have already …
Congress Just Passed the Inflation Reduction Act. It Will Hike Taxes on Some Middle-class Households.
🔊 Listen to this article Congressional Democrats have put the finishing touches on a questionable bet: that higher taxes will help tame rising prices, and that voters will reward the …
The Disappearing Differences Between Republicans and Democrats on Federal Family Spending
🔊 Listen to this article For a few years, I have sounded the alarm that a growing wave of conservatives are working to make Republicans indistinguishable from Democrats on social …
Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Afghan Adjustment Act To Help Afghan Evacuees Stay in the U.S.
🔊 Listen to this article As the Biden administration completed the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan last August, it evacuated over 76,000 Afghans to the U.S., many of whom had …