Archive for the ‘spending’ Category
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Give Mr. Trump some breathing space. Pass the omnibus spending bill.
Posted on November 15, 2016
On passing the omnibus spending bill… Donald Trump and his team may have said that they expected to win and maybe they did. But even if that is the case,...
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The Spending Battle’s Winners and Losers
Posted on December 15, 2014
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) So, now that we have dispensed with the “cromnibus,” who won and who lost in the latest budget battle? Here are my picks:...
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Taming the Wild West of Campaign Spending
Posted on December 13, 2014
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) Over the objections of then-House Speaker Dennis Hastert (my former boss) and incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, President George W. Bush signed into law...
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How the GOP Gains From Focusing on Spending Now and Immigration Later
Posted on December 5, 2014
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) Amid tension over funding the government past next week’s deadline, Congress has invented a term that brings back memories of the...
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An Omni is Better Than A Short-Term CR
Posted on November 25, 2014
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) Should Congress pass an omnibus appropriations bill or a series of short-term continuing resolutions? An omnibus appropriations bill, or “omni,”...
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