Michigan is one of the two most voter-unfriendly states in the Union That is the conclusion of Edie Goldenberg, University of Michigan professor and founder of Turn Up, Turnout (TUT), an organization focused on getting out the college vote. In her PEG talk on Sunday, November 12, she highlighted the other shameful statistic: Only 45%…
Great Summary of Tax Cut and Healthcare Repeal Bill Tax policy is complicated. Politicians would just love it if you’d believe their rhetoric and not pay attention to the fine print. But that’s a really bad idea. Here’s a simple way to look at how most of America is about to get hosed. From Andy…
A small number of Republicans — fewer than 10 — will probably determine the fate of the Trump tax plan. The group includes five senators who have been independent enough in recent months to defy their party leaders, not just with words but actions, as well as a couple who may be newly willing to…
Of all the State Department employees who might have been vulnerable in the staff reductions that Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson has initiated as he reshapes the department, the one person who seemed least likely to be a target was the chief of security, Bill A. Miller. Republicans pilloried Hillary Clinton for what they…
The Senate GOP tax plan would hurt the poor more than originally thought, according to a report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. If the tax bill becomes law, 4 million Americans are projected to lose health insurance by 2019 and 13 million by 2027. The bill would add $1.4 trillion to the deficit over…
Senate Republicans are attempting the legislative equivalent of a carrier deck landing for their tax plan this week, bringing a complex piece of machinery moving at breakneck speed to an abrupt stop. There’s little margin for error, and lots of ways it could get ugly. Adding to the high-stakes gambit, GOP leaders are racing to…
Courthouse arrests by ICE deter not only undocumented immigrants but also people who are here legally but are nervous that they might have somehow compromised their status (or that an officer will think they have). That’s a nuance that is next to impossible for the average person to discern, and those complicated legal questions are…
Among the changes in the tax bill that passed the House this month is a provision to roll back the 1954 ban, a move that is championed by the religious right, but opposed by thousands of religious and nonprofit leaders, who warn that it could blur the line between charity and politics. The change could…
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are facing mounting pressure to end Capitol Hill’s culture of secrecy over sexual harassment as they return from a holiday break, with members of both parties calling for Congress to overhaul its handling of misconduct claims and to unmask lawmakers who have paid settlements using taxpayer money. On Sunday, the roiling debate…
AS CONGRESS dithers, the fates of some 700,000 “dreamers,” undocumented young immigrants brought to the United States as children, hang in the balance. Legions of chief executives, university presidents, advocacy groups and others have pleaded for lawmakers to lift the veil of uncertainty under which these immigrants, American in all but the legal sense, have…