House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy pulled a rare all-nighter, speaking from the House floor for a record eight hours and 32 minutes and managing to delay the vote on the Democrat’s Build Back “Bureaucracy” bill until this morning. Mr. McCarthy kept the House in session until 5 a.m., providing great detail about what’s in the 2,000-plus page bill and the impact it will have on … [Read more...] about It’s not over yet
A Tipping Point
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin says he will oppose a gimmick-filled social welfare bill that hides trillions in spending behind the pretense that the new entitlement programs would be “temporary.” And on Wednesday, Manchin said Congress should cool its heels and wait until next year lest the spending further fuel inflation that is now growing faster than it has in 30 … [Read more...] about A Tipping Point
A 30,000-foot perspective
Sometimes you have to step back from the swirl of shocking, bureaucratic and intrusive vaccine mandates and the legislative wrestling match in Congress to see what is really going on. Here’s how I see it.Political control by one party is bad for our country because it shuts down an inclusive debate over ideas.Decades of gerrymandering have created too many congressional and state legislative … [Read more...] about A 30,000-foot perspective
Jerry-Rigged Framework
Capitol Hill was abuzz yesterday morning as President Biden met with House Democrats to make an (unsuccessful) pitch for a legislative victory before leaving for meetings with European leaders. I happened to be on the Hill, at the invitation of Dr. Michael Burgess, R-TX, to meet with members of the terrific Doctors Caucus to discuss the health provisions in the radical social engineering and … [Read more...] about Jerry-Rigged Framework
Democrats Use Accounting Gimmicks to Conceal Spending in Bloated ‘Build Back Better’ Bill
President Joe Biden is twisting arms to get “agreement” this week on hundreds of tax and spending provisions in his multitrillion-dollar social welfare bill while key Democrats seem to be settling on a plan to keep the price tag down. They want to reduce the overall size of the spending bill to “only” $1 trillion to $2 trillion (as though those two numbers were even remotely close), and only … [Read more...] about Democrats Use Accounting Gimmicks to Conceal Spending in Bloated ‘Build Back Better’ Bill
No OSHA Authority for Vaccine Mandates
Congress Didn’t Give OSHA Authority to Impose Vaccine Mandates | By Doug Badger and Paul J. Larkin Jr. | The Daily Signal | The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is about to require 80 million working Americans to get vaccinated. You may be among them. There’s just one catch: OSHA lacks the legal authority to impose a vaccine … [Read more...] about No OSHA Authority for Vaccine Mandates
Folly And Waste — Brian Blase In Forbes
CBO Confirms the Folly and Waste of Expanded Obamacare Subsidies by Brian Blase | Forbes, October 20, 2021 | A new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) shows that expanding Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies is poor public policy.CBO projects that expanding the ACA, which includes increased premium subsidies for exchange insurance as well as a new federal Medicaid … [Read more...] about Folly And Waste — Brian Blase In Forbes
Putting a Price on Your Life
Democrats in Congress are working furiously to rewrite their partisan spending bill that would transform America into a European social welfare state, without a single hearing or virtually any input from more than 330 million Americans who would be impacted. The bill is so massive and complex that targeting any one part seems like throwing a dart at a dinosaur, but there is one part that … [Read more...] about Putting a Price on Your Life