House Republicans are following up President Obama’s speech to their annual retreat with strikingly combative questions, with phrasing and numbers very familiar to those of us who have been covering Republicans since the start of 2009. Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), the party’s conference chairman, led off questions by attacking the More…
A decade’s worth of cuts in federal aid combined with states moving to copy Bush administration tax cuts have led to states filling revenue shortfalls with regressive tax policies that disproportionately affect the poorest Americans. According to “Who Pays?” a report issued in November by the Institute on Taxation & More…
Matthew Yglesias, making another version of his argument that the multiple veto points in the legislative branch overly empower the minority and make America “ungovernable,” drew a quip from Glenn “Instapundit” Reynolds: “Funny, that dumb cowboy Bush seemed to get a lot done with fewer votes in Congress.” Yglesias More…
Republicans are fuming at the thought, and some Democrats say it can’t pass in this stormy economic climate, but Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) today told CNN that a proposed war surtax is simply the fiscally responsible way to share the sacrifice of the country’s ongoing wars. More…
Reid Wilson has the first look at a resolution being pushed by Republican National Committee member Jim Bopp, author of the infamous “socialist” resolution, that would aim to prevent future NY-23 disasters by requiring that candidates agree to at least seven of 10 issue promises in order to receive More…
This new Rasmussen Reports poll is going to encourage Republicans who are already running on a 2010 promise to cancel whatever stimulus spending they can.
The survey found 62 percent of voters say tax cuts will create jobs and fight unemployment. Only 21 percent say spending can do More…
Good catch by Matthew Yglesias: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), the key Republican players in the Senate’s health care tussle, are telling reporters that a health care bill that fails to get 75 to 80 votes will, in Enzi’s words, “fail because the American people More…
Politico points readers to the economic analysis of Morgan Stanley’s Richard Berner:
In a research note that’s been making the rounds of economics blogs this week, Berner declares that “America’s long-awaited fiscal train wreck is now under way.”
By “train wreck,” he means out-of-control federal budget deficits that he’s
It really is something how stories about meetings between Republican leaders and President Obama always generate leaks about how the president was mean to Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.). That’s the thrust of Glenn Thrush’s story today:
At the White House meeting — Cantor was the last of the Republican
Beginning this week, workers’ weekly paychecks will jump by roughly $10 as the tax rebates in the stimulus bill take effect, The Associated Press reminds us today.
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