by jpitney | Jan 15, 2025 | Taxes, Trade
At the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Ryan Young notes that a 25 percent steel tariff caused steel prices to rise by 25 percent. It wasn’t just imported steel prices that went up. Domestic steel prices went up, too, even though the US government collects no tariff...
by jpitney | Jan 12, 2025 | Congress, Elections, House of Representatives, Transparency, Volunteering
Don Wolfensberger at The Hill: The rule change that attracted most attention was to require that a motion to vacate the speakership be offered by a member of the majority party and be seconded by eight other majority party members. Previously, a single member of...
by jpitney | Jan 11, 2025 | Bipartisanship, Disabilities, Photojournalism, Senate
A release from Senator Eric Schmitt (D-MO): This weekend, Senator Eric Schmitt and Senator Jon Ossoff’s Think Differently Database Act was signed into law by the President: “The Think Differently Database Act creates a comprehensive website that provides...
by jpitney | Jan 8, 2025 | civic virtue, Congress, Deliberation, Elections, House of Representatives, Transparency, Volunteering
Philip Wallach at AEI: As it scrambled to pass a continuing resolution and avoid a government shutdown at the end of 2024, the 118th Congress ended much as it began—with serious doubts as to whether America’s legislature can rise to the level of bare competence. The...
