Today on TAP: Biden’s Made in America standards
Executive Power
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Biden Executive Order Could Finally Lower Drug Prices
Several tools could lower prices directly—and serve as an indirect incentive to get Congress to act.
Posted inDay One Agenda
Biden’s Back on the Day One Agenda
Executive actions on right to repair and noncompete agreements show the power of implementing existing laws that can help people.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Smallest Regulations Can Make a Big Difference
An obscure Consumer Financial Protection Bureau guidance will protect people from financial scams. It shows how much executive branch action matters.
Posted inEducation in America
For Student Debtors, Time’s Running Out
In just three months, the student loan payment moratorium is scheduled to come to an end. Borrowers are starting to panic.
Posted inDay One Agenda
Unleash the Existing Anti-Monopoly Arsenal
Corporate power can be neutralized if federal agencies simply used the prodigious authority they’ve been granted.
Posted inEducation in America
Student Loan Servicing Companies Shouldn’t Exist
And Rich Cordray, now running the office of Federal Student Aid, could help make that a reality. It would even help with the cancellation of student debt.
Posted inDay One Agenda
$15 an Hour for Federal Contractors Is Great. A Union Is Better.
Biden could kick-start labor organizing, without approval from Congress.
Posted inFirst 100
First 100: The Day One Agenda Has Stalled Out
Biden has failed to act and is even allowing constraints on executive action to move forward. Plus: the SALT battle continues.
Posted inFirst 100
First 100: Whatever Happened to Executive Action?
Frustration with the legislative process is inevitable. But there’s a work-around.
