Democrats have two inflation problems on their hands: a real one, and an imaginary one. The real one concerns the…
Author: Kate Riga
The Sausage Making: White House Tries To Knock Down Inflation Fearmongering
After the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that prices rose in October and are currently hovering at notable heights, Sen….
Here’s Why All The Inflation Fearmongering Over The Reconciliation Bill Is Nonsense
A new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showing that prices rose in October and are hovering at a…
The Sausage Making: Can The Reconciliation Bill Survive On Its Own?
Your intermittent briefing on how negotiations over the reconciliation bill are going. This week, Congress is in recess. After Friday’s…
Dems Push For Expanded Voter Registration Sites They Say Could Add 115K Voters To Rolls
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) and 17 other Senate Democrats wrote a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Tuesday asking that…
New Hampshire Governor Sununu Opts Against A Senate Run In Gift To Democrats
Republican Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire announced Tuesday that he’d decided not to challenge Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) in…
House Scrambles To Suss Out Whether It Can Pass Both Bills This Week
The House is back to a will they/won’t they situation, trying to determine whether the chamber can pass both the…
McAuliffe’s Loss Means ‘Democrats Are Doomed’ Punditry. Will That Make Reconciliation Harder?
Pundits telegraphed their think pieces for weeks: the governor’s race in Virginia, pitting former Gov. Terry McAuliffe against the quietly-Trumpy-in-nonthreatening-dad-packaging…
Democrats Bring Medicare Drug Pricing Negotiations Back From The Dead
Last week, the White House released a reconciliation framework that omitted any kind of provision that would allow Medicare to…
Conservative Justices Bemoan Bad Options To Block Texas Abortion Ban
While some of the conservative justices admitted that the plaintiffs Monday had strong cases against the six-week Texas abortion ban,…