A case study of the Merit Systems Protection Board, which has had no members on it for years, shows McConnell’s commitment to breaking government. Biden has options to counteract that.
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Posted inCabinet Watch
Will Biden Name a Deficit Hawk to Head OMB?
There is a big risk that he will—at a time when we need massive public investment.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Vets and VA Workers Are MIA From Biden Transition
In planning the future of veterans’ services, members of veterans’ groups are nowhere to be seen.
Posted inCabinet Watch
A New Name in Play for Biden’s Labor Secretary
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh joins a (mostly) solid list of hopefuls.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Biden’s First Appointees Are a Mixed Bag
The transition’s agency review teams look good for financial regulation; they look bad for the agency that controls practically all regulations.
Posted inTAP
The Government Should Be Run Like a Business
Today on TAP: Trump pushes the game to its logical extreme
Posted inPolitics
The Terror of the Unforeseen
As history unfolds, we have no idea whether things will come out right.
Posted inPolitics
Congressional Leader Lays Down Marker in Revolving-Door Battle
Rep. Raúl Grijalva has built a coalition of outside groups committed to barring corporate insiders from executive branch positions. Now he wants House members to sign on.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Industrial Revolutionaries
To understand how to revitalize our economy, you only have to look back to the founders.
