Ethanol Tax Credit Expires After Three Decades
Congress eliminates a bad subsidy, but it’s only because there’s a worse one on the books.
Richard Lugar: Tea Party Cost GOP Senate Control In 2010
Facing his own Tea Party challenge, Richard Lugar reminds Republicans of an uncomfortable truth.
The House Republicans Lost Because They Deserved To Lose
Thanks to their own ineptitude, House Republicans suffered a big defeat this week. They totally deserved it.
Mitch McConnell Pulls The Rug Out From Under The House GOP On Payroll Tax Cut
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has set the House GOP adrift.
Republicans Turning On Their Own Amidst Payroll Tax Fiasco
Some Republicans are starting to realize just how badly the House GOP has messed up this time.
How The House Republicans Completely Mishandled The Payroll Tax Cut Debate
The House GOP doesn’t seem to have any idea what it’s doing right now.
American Voters Still Schizophrenic When It Comes To Congress
Once again, Americans hate Congress but seem to love their Congressperson.
The Truth About The Coming “Cuts” To Defense Spending
Don’t believe the fear mongering about the coming decreases in the growth of defense spending.
Remember That Ban On Earmarks? Apparently, Some Congressmen Don’t.
The much celebrated ban on earmarks isn’t stopping Congressmen from trying to earmark.
Blaming Grover Norquist
Grover Norquist has become the target of blame for problems that are far more deep than just one man.
Supercommittee Failure and ‘Both Sides’
Are Republicans mostly to blame for the supercommittee failure?
With Super Committee Dead, Showdown Likely Over Defense Cuts
With the Super Committee dead, 2012 is likely to see a fight over the defense cuts set to take place starting in 2013.
Did Congress Declare Pizza A Vegetable? Not Really
Another meme debunked, plus some thoughts on policy.
Supercommittee Headed For Unsurprising Failure
Not surprisingly, the Supercommittee is a Super Failure.
Rick Perry’s Wrongheaded “Government Reform” Plan
Rick Perry is out with a plan to reform Washington. Mostly, it’s just a bunch of gimmicks.
Jack Abramoff: Members Of Congress Engaged In Insider Trading
Congressmen apparently regularly make investment moves based on the information they learn. Of course, for them it isn’t illegal.
Party Over Country: Judiciary Edition
Perversely, highly qualified nominees for the courts are more likely to be rejected by Congress.
The Truth About All Those Plans From Presidential Candidates
For the most part, all those plans the candidates release are barely worth the paper they’re written on.
Taxing The Rich Won’t Alleviate Income Inequality
Increasing taxes on the rich may be a fiscal policy worth talking about, but it won’t make the poor richer.
Cantor’s Wharton Speech Derailed
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor abruptly canceled a long-scheduled speech to the Wharton Business School after school officials changed the guest list.
Turning the Senate into the House?
Even if the Senate operated under wholly majority rules, it would not be the House.
Restoring Senate Comedy
Harry Reid takes to the Washington Post with a piece headlined “Trying to restore Senate comity,” which points out that Republicans are big poopy heads who hate America. Somehow, I think this will not have the effect of restoring comity to the Senate.
