Here's what we have our eye on today:
NEWS
- Rep. Diane Black Pushing for Anti-Abortion Language in Spending Bill – Washington Examiner
- Omnibus Action Next Week Possible, but Obstacles Still Exist – Roll Call
- Why Is the White House Challenging the Penn Wharton Budget Model? – PWBM
- States Want More Money and Less Punishment Over Opioids – Route Fifty
- The Health-Care Gap Between Red and Blue America – The Atlantic
- Treasury Secretary Mnuchin: More Countries May Be Exempted from Tariffs – CNBC
- Ryan Says Congress to Break Up Trump’s Infrastructure Proposals – Bloomberg
- ‘It’s Killing the Agency’: Ugly Power Struggle Paralyzes Trump’s Plan to Fix Veterans’ Care – Washington Post
- Your State’s Teachers Are Underpaid. Find Out by How Much. – Vox
- Utah Moves Forward with Controversial Medicaid Proposal – The Hill
- Food Stamp Crackdown Feared Amid Trump Jobs Push – The Hill
- Ben Carson Is Pulling HUD Away from Its Key Mission – Vox
- Why Are New Hampshire's Tax-Free Liquor Stores Selling So Much Hennessy? – NPR
VIEWS
- White House Tells Idaho to Sabotage Obamacare More Subtly – Eric Levitz, New York Magazine
- Federal Budget Increasingly Tilted Against Our Children – Maya MacGuineas, The Hill
- The Medicaid Freeloader Fallacy – Rachel Graves, U.S. News
- Why Medicaid Expansion Is a Bad Deal for Virginians – Brooklyn Roberts, RealClear Politics
- Why We Imposed the Metal Tariffs – Wilbur Ross, Wall Street Journal
- The Real Danger of Trump’s Steel and Aluminum Tariffs – John Cassidy, New Yorker
- Paul Ryan Is a Trump Lackey for One Reason – Jonathan Chait, New York
- One Thing Democrats and Republicans Apparently Agree On: Destabilizing the Banking Sector Again – David Dayen, Los Angeles Times
- Is Any Job Really Better Than No Job at All? – Tarani Chandola, London School of Economics