In our final X-Date, we note how Congress is already scheming to avoid restrictions on military spending.
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Manchin’s Pipeline Payoff Strangles Future Permitting Reform Negotiations
The Fiscal Responsibility Act approved several items on fossil fuel industry wish lists, with nothing for renewable energy. That kills leverage for a broader deal.
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CBO’s Claim on SNAP Work Requirements Is Highly Suspect
Advocates question whether new enrollees will pour into the food assistance program, given bureaucratic barriers and no additional resources for caseworkers and agencies.
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Congress Can Defeat Judicial Overreach
On today’s X-Date: Joe Manchin’s Pipeline Payoff gets immunized from judicial review, as does what could have been a deregulation ratchet.
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The Auto-CR Dilemma
Today’s X-Date: If the debt ceiling deal passes, the military budget goes up and IRS funding gets slashed. But if Congress doesn’t pass the subsequent spending bills, that reverses.
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As Deals Go, This Is One of Them
An X-Date special: running down the details of the debt ceiling agreement.
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Reinventing the Sequester
The emerging deal would allow congressional Republicans to enact savage cuts to federal spending without having to ever specify them.
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Democrats Need to Get Over Their Pathetic Fear of the Supreme Court
On today’s X-Date, remembering what Franklin Roosevelt did when faced with a potential Court decision that would blow up the economy: prepare to ignore it.
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At Least Free the Debt Ceiling Hostage
Today’s X-Date PM: If the White House is so interested in a bipartisan deal, it should include a mechanism to end these crises permanently.
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The White House Wants a Debt Ceiling Deal
By opposing an injunction in the main lawsuit challenging the debt ceiling, the president has deliberately boxed himself into negotiations with legislative terrorists.