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Here’s How Eager the House Was to Kill Obamacare’s ‘Cadillac Tax’

We told you yesterday that the House was set to vote to repeal Obamacare’s “Cadillac tax” on high-cost employer-provided insurance plans, with Democrats joining Republicans in a rare and surprising...
Will Trump Blow Up a Hard-Fought Budget Deal?

They’re getting closer. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told CNBC Thursday morning that the two sides working on a deal to raise spending caps and the debt ceiling have reached agreement on top-...

Voting System Needs Millions More in Funding to Be Secure: Report

Election infrastructure is still vulnerable to manipulation and states don’t have enough money to secure their voting systems before the 2020 election, according to a new report published by the...
Drugmakers Are ‘Winning in Washington,’ New Report Says

The pharmaceutical industry has been the focus of intense political criticism, with President Trump targeting drugmakers on Twitter and lawmakers taking aim at lowering prescription prices through...
Why Obama’s 'Cadillac Tax' May Be Headed to the Junkyard

The House is expected to deliver a blow to Obamacare Wednesday evening by voting to repeal the so-called Cadillac tax, the law’s yet-to-be-enacted levy on high-cost health insurance plans. The...
Blanchard Defends a ‘More Relaxed Attitude on Public Debt’

Renowned macroeconomist Olivier Blanchard made waves in fiscal policy circles with his recent work that finds that government deficits and debt are less harmful than many experts have assumed, and in...
Blue States Sue Trump Administration Over SALT Tax Rule

New York, New Jersey and Connecticut filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Wednesday as part of their effort to overturn the federal cap on state and local tax deductions. The 2017 tax law...