Tag: Commentary

Thanks to the nuclear option, Dems' input will be limited to whatever mercies the GOP decide to give them. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

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Schumer now regrets the ‘nuclear option’

David Freddoso · January 3, 2017 7:41 pm

Vice President Joe Biden gives Sen. Chuck Grassley's wife a kiss. (Screen shot courtesy of Daniel Dale of the Toronto Star, via Twitter)

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Oof: Reporters mistake senator’s wife for his mother

Becket Adams · January 3, 2017 7:21 pm

When it comes to House rules changes, most of the attention has been focused on Republicans' abortive move to weaken the independent Office of Congressional Ethics. But there was another interesting attempt at a much more sweeping change that failed. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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House Republicans chose not to abolish the appropriations committee. But should they?

David Freddoso · January 3, 2017 6:15 pm

Individual reporters were also quick to share Reynolds' dubious claim on social media. (Corey Lowenstein/The News and Observer, File via AP)

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Study claiming North Carolina isn’t a democracy is dangerous and ridiculous

Becket Adams · January 3, 2017 6:01 pm

California gradually pushed its statewide minimum wages to $15 an hour, the highest level in the nation. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

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A small business owner explains how California drove him away

David Freddoso · January 3, 2017 6:00 pm

When that praise also may enrich Trump, he is using his power for self-enrichment. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Trump praising business partner publicly shows he’s still too lax on conflicts of interest

Timothy P. Carney · January 3, 2017 4:43 pm

"State and local raises, while laudable, are not a substitute for a federal raise," the New York times editorial board writes. (iStock photo)

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What the New York Times doesn’t get about the minimum wage

Jason Russell · January 3, 2017 4:12 pm

Most lawmakers wait a few weeks before announcing their new job on the other side of the revolving door. But for some, the moneymaking can't wait. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

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The great 2016 cashout: Payday for outgoing senators and congressmen

Timothy P. Carney · January 3, 2017 3:24 pm

The closest thing we have to this today in the U.S. is the Earned Income Tax Credit. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)

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Friedmanism in Finland?

David Freddoso · January 3, 2017 1:00 pm

The Obama administration is defying the Supreme Court and trying to force cap-and-trade on Americans (iStock by Getty Images).

A cap-and-trade scheme in disguise

Rep. Buddy Carter · January 3, 2017 5:04 am

The Democrats' saviors had done their side in. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The sins of the gods

Noemie Emery · January 3, 2017 5:03 am

Obama — a failure on his own terms

Washington Examiner · January 3, 2017 5:01 am