…surprising legislative success is the GOP’s increasing control of Beltway influence-peddlers. K Street used to be a barrier to sweeping change in Washington. The GOP has turned it into a…

…FY2014 budget to deny tax deductions for certain reinsurance premiums paid to foreign-based affiliates of domestic insurers. Naturally, the GOP-Big-Business-Friendly machine is up in arms about any bill that would…

…to gain by economic terrorism what they could not win in the regular legislative process or the resumed budget negotiation talks? There has been a series of commentaries in The…

…the GOP prepares for Senate control for the first time since 2006. McConnell’s office said there are multiple avenues that a GOP Senate would have to attack Obamacare — particularly…

by Linda Beale Taxes, Government, and the Good Life, Part 2 In yesterday’s post, Taxes, Government, and the Good Life, I noted the “long-term position of the GOP” in favor…

…Chair Paul Volcker. Dem Bill Clinton reappointed GOP Alan Greenspan, and Dem Barack Obama reappointed GOP Ben Bernanke. But it is all but taken for granted that there is no…

…is very wrong with the President. I immediately tried to guess who had told Rucker that. The source is “One GOP figure close to the White House “. My first…

…less likely since they can’t do it by reconciliation with just GOP votes) and Medicare (they want to decimate it- and can do that with reconciliation-GOP apparently doesn’t want us…

…other side, and, well, snaps: Amitabh Chandra: “GOP thinktanks https://twitter.com/amitabhchandra2/status/1007261629547982849 are the biggest milksops. From healthcare policy to environmental policy, from national security policy to fiscal policy, they have tacitly…

…allegations are true: Don’t Kid Yourself. The GOP KNOWS Kavanaugh Tried To Rape Someone … The FBI notifies the White House of the letter to see if they want follow-up….