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Medicare-for-all-lite

…achieve both objectives. But the GOP’s intransigent opposition after passage undermined those goals. The Supreme Court gave the green light for states to opt out of Medicaid expansion. A Republican-controlled…

America’s Money Managers

…costs the IRS 34 cents to collect $100 in taxes.  The department’s budget was $1.32 trillion in federal fiscal year (FY) 2024, comprising 19.5% of the federal budget. The department’s…

Talking Smack about Tr__p

…Vice President J.D. Vance assured an Ohio audience that the Congressional Budget Office was wrong in predicting the cuts in the budget reconciliation measure the Republicans passed and Trump signed…

Trademarking a President’s name

…Airport.” The amount of money proposed in Florida’s budget to make the change is $2,750,000, but Garcia notes this is likely a placeholder: the budget request is for $5.5 million….