Outside the Beltway

By the barest of margins, the House passed its bill repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, but the future of that bill is highly uncertain.

After failing twice in a month, House Republicans apparently think they have the votes to pass their bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

House Republicans are making yet another push to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, but they once again may not have the votes.

The Trump Administration is out with a tax plan, but it’s seriously lacking in details.

The House Freedom Caucus is apparently getting behind a revised version of the GOP’s plan to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act, but the GOP hasn’t revealed what the new plan entails.

Republicans are saying that repealing the PPACA isn’t off the table, but practically speaking it probably is.

The Trump Administration has issued an ultimatum, but the fate of the American Health Care Act is still very much up in the air.

For only the third time since the Great Recession ended, the Federal Reserve Board has raised interest rates.

The Congressional Budget Office delivered some bad news yesterday to House Republicans on their replacement for Obamacare.

Health care policy analysts seem united in their assessment of the House GOP’s replacement for the Affordable Care Act, and it’s overwhelmingly negative.

Whether you call it TrumpCare, RyanCare, or GOPCare, the Republican replacement for the PPACA isn’t very impressive.

Budget hawks in the GOP face a showdown with Donald Trump’s spending ambitions this year that will likely decide whether we’ll ever get spending under control.

As God is my witness……..

Initial reports for the third quarter show strong economic growth during the summer;

As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.

The Foundation that holds the copyright on one of the most famous works about the Holocaust is seeking to extend their copyright in Europe by naming Otto Frank co-author of his daughter’s published diary.

A Federal Judge has ruled that the copyright to ‘Happy Birthday To You’ has been invalid for at least the past eighty years.

A Federal Judge has uphold a Patent Office ruling revoking the Redskins Trademarks on the ground that they are “disparaging” toward Native Americans.

My latest for The National Interest, “America’s Military Needs a New Retirement Plan,” has posted.

Starting tomorrow, we can expect to see the Supreme Court hand down decisions in some of its most high profile cases. Here’s a preview.

Los Angeles became the latest major city to increase its minimum wage. It’s a risky bet that is likely to do more harm than good.

A new survey suggests that fewer Americans lack health insurance than at any time since that number was first measured.

Opening crawl of 1977 version

The House of Representatives has filed its lawsuit against the President. As expected, it doesn’t amount to much.

Because no one, ever, has ever questioned the intelligence of American voters in extemporaneous discussions of politics.

One day after HBO, CBS announces its own streaming service. And the future approaches just a little bit faster.

The Copyright Office says that works not “created” by humans are not entitled to copyright protection.

Wikipedia is refusing to recognize a photographer’s copyright claim because a monkey took the picture.

Our laws and social norms have not caught up to modern life.

New technology doesn’t mean that the laws don’t apply.

Those who tattoo celebrities want to be be paid when their tattoos appear in the media.

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear argument in a case that will likely be this era’s version of the Betamax case.

After many ballyhooed glitches, 7 million Americans have signed up for ObamaCare. Now what?

The DOD says Walmart was violating its trademarks.

It’s simple: We just have to define the problem and then solve it.

A rich guy wants to break up California.

Another day, another delay

A CBO report on the Affordable Care Act is getting a polarized reading.

Thanks to a Federal District Court Judge, most of Sherlock Holmes is now in the public domain.

An example of how copyright laws have been perverted to protect corporate interests rather than encourage artistic creativity.

No previously published works have entered the US Public Domain since 1978. And none are scheduled to enter until 1923. So what are we missing?

Paul Ryan is back, and he has a plan his party ought to be paying attention to.