Relaxing a key ACA regulation will enable these companies to … lower their rates? No! To reward their investors!
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Sheila Bair Floated as Bailout Oversight Panel Chair
The Republican former FDIC chair would be a strong voice for the public interest, oversight watchdogs say.
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McConnell, Trump, and T.S. Eliot
Today on TAP: Republicans’ selective invocations of fiscal rectitude
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States Will Likely Get Federal Funds, but I Fear for Cities
Today on TAP: Republicans could hold up aid to Blue America
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: The Fight to Learn Who the Fed Will Bail Out
Also, Donna Shalala hangs on, and remote voting crashes in Congress. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for April 23, 2020.
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The Democrats’ Loss of Nerve
Today on TAP: House Dems squander their leverage on bailouts
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
A Pristine and Deadly Earth Day
COVID-19 defines life on the 50th anniversary of the environmental movement’s day. The natural world remains resilient, showing humans what is possible if we heed this latest warning.
Posted inEconomic Policy
A Climate Bailout Is a Big Finance Bailout
And now is not the time for either. The Federal Reserve should take note.
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: The Mystery of Donna Shalala’s Unreported Stock Sales
Also, what that whole oil price thing was about. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for April 21, 2020.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Bailout, the Fed, and the Aftermath
A conversation with former Federal Reserve Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin