Senate Republicans have entered a frantic rush to put a tax overhaul on the Senate floor in the next few days. Republicans are readying a bevy of last-minute changes that could redirect billions of dollars in the US economy over the next decade, changes that senators hadn’t even seen in writing mere hours before they…
There’s a drama playing out in the Senate right now, but the key to knowing what’s going to happen with this monstrosity of a tax bill is to understand that it’s all theater. All those allegedly wavering Republicans, poring over the details and unsure of whether they’re going to be able to bring themselves to…
The internet is dying. Sure, technically, the internet still works. Pull up Facebook on your phone and you will still see your second cousin’s baby pictures. But that isn’t really the internet. It’s not the open, anyone-can-build-it network of the 1990s and early 2000s, the product of technologies created over decades through government funding and…
Rarely does financial regulation resemble a Mad Max movie, but two people are claiming to be Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and only one can leave. This clash will impact financial regulation and consumer protection and potentially undermine one of the bedrock principles of modern financial regulation: independence of financial regulators.…
These Deficit hawks have all expressed reservations about voting for this bill. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), and John McCain (R-Ariz.), are strongly opposed to increasing the deficit.
The proposed DACA legislation must pass by December 15, 2017. Call now to support immigration equality for those brought here as children. Call: Your 2 senators and 1 House rep, red and blue (look up). Script: Hi. I’m from [ZIP] and am calling about the Dream Act. We need to ensure that Dreamers can go to school, work, and serve in the military—but not in exchange for a border wall or increased threat to other immigrants. Can you tell me what [name] is doing to support this?
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