by jpitney | Jun 18, 2025 | Budget, Debt, Economic Policy
CBO: The Congressional Budget Office and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) previously reported that H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as passed by the House of Representatives on May 22, would increase the primary deficit by $2.4 trillion over...
by jpitney | Jun 17, 2025 | Civility, Polarization, Violence
Julie Bosman at NYT: The assassination of an elected official is rare and shocking anywhere on American ground. Nowhere is it more jarring than in Minnesota, a state known for a singular political culture with high value placed on bipartisanship and a tradition of...
by jpitney | Jun 15, 2025 | Public Service, Violence
Lisa Lerer at NYT: The statements of shock and condolences streamed in eerily one after another on Saturday after the assassination of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband, and the attempted murder of another lawmaker and his wife. “Horrible news,” said Representative...
by jpitney | Jun 14, 2025 | California Politics, Constitution, Federalism, State Government
Tenth Amendment: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people Nathan Gardels at Noema: The most effective first line of defense for the states is to...
by jpitney | Jun 13, 2025 | Economic Policy, Trade
Ana Swanson and Alan Rappeport at NYT: Washing machines, refrigerators and other common household appliances made with steel parts will soon be subject to expanded tariffs, the Commerce Department said Thursday. The department said in a notice that levies would take...
