‘Rooseveltian resolve’ this is not.
Executive Power
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Drug Pricing Reforms Hinge on the Executive Branch
With Congress stuck, the administration holds the key to whether Americans will see meaningful reductions in prescription drug costs. So far, though, they’ve punted.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Biden’s New Favorite Industrial-Policy Tool Isn’t Funded
The DPA has become the president’s pet executive authority, and could kick-start American energy manufacturing. But funding is scant and largely controlled by the Pentagon.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Biden Uses Suspect Authority to Maintain Chinese Dominance of Solar Manufacturing
It invokes a 1930 trade law—questionably—to nullify a Commerce Department investigation into trade violations.
Posted inDay One Agenda
How to Dismantle For-Profit Colleges, Without Congress
A previously undisclosed memo to the Education Department offers a step-by-step guide to closing predatory schools before they suck up more federal loans.
Posted inTAP
Better Rules for Community Reinvestment
Today on TAP: Biden’s progressive regulators act to put new muscle in an old law.
Posted inEducation in America
Means-Testing Student Debt Relief: Big Hassle, No Results
Almost nobody will likely fall above the proposed income threshold. It’s purely a tax on borrowers’ time.
Posted inEducation in America
Republicans Admit Biden Can Cancel Student Debt
A new bill tries to claw back authority given to the executive branch on debt cancellation.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Biden Must Block Crypto’s Access to the Revolving Door
Government officials should not be able to cash out working for firms directly affected by their own actions in office.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Supply Chain Fixes, Energy Transition Take Major Steps Forward
Nobody will tell you, but Congress came closer to re-regulating an economic sector while the president began the wartime mobilization of clean energy.
