[NOTE: This post won’t be offering arguments concerning the question of whether entitlements can ever be undone. I am saving that discussion for another piece. But my short answer is that I think they can, under certain circumstances, and that … Continue reading →
Here’s an explanation of how the CBO works—or fails to—because of the ridiculous rules by which it is bound. I agree. As I wrote back in December 2009: The CBO has become a way to give the imprimatur of fiscal … Continue reading →
…that Democrats in Congress just gave a big FU to the people of Massachusetts, arguably the most liberal state in the union. Think about it—it was Massachusetts that only two short months ago elected a Republican senator to fill what … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I’m not planning to watch this thing live on TV; don’t want to start throwing heavy objects. But I will keep up with it periodically as the day wears on.] By the title of this post you can see … Continue reading →
They seem to be going for a straight up or down vote in the House on the Senate bill. Perhaps this means they have the 216 necessary votes—or perhaps they just have more votes for a straight up-or-down than for … Continue reading →
I’ve noticed a lot of discussion in the comments section of various conservative blogs that goes like this: once the HCR vote is over and if the Democrats succeed, what’s to stop them from passing their entire agenda via reconciliation … Continue reading →
Bart Stupak and Nancy Pelosi have been discussing a plan by which the House can amend the Senate HCR bill and change the abortion language that has been such a sticking point for him: The deal calls for Stupak to … Continue reading →
I don’t know enough inside baseball to know exactly why Lindsey Graham is doing this. But I do know it’s the sort of thing that in the past earned him the rage of conservatives, and rightly so. That Graham is … Continue reading →
I remember how concerned and driven I felt during the last couple of months leading up to the 2008 election. I had become quite convinced that Obama was an opportunistic, lying, corrupt, far-left ideologue who would sacrifice his own grandmother … Continue reading →
The Democratic meme of the moment is that the Slaughter solution is no biggie, it’s just a self-executing rule of a type that’s been employed many times before and which Republicans themselves use frequently (see also this and this). Really! … Continue reading →
Many have questioned whether the Slaughter solution, if used, would stand the test of constitutionality. Although no one knows, here’s a post at Volokh about a possibly relevant case, Public Citizen v United States District Court for the District of … Continue reading →
Ah, the subtle nuanced thought processes of the liberal intelligentsia, as exemplified by Jonathan Cohn, senior editor at The New Republic and its resident social welfare policy and health care expert. Cohn sees discussion of the legal issues raised by … Continue reading →