[Update] Since original publication, Senator Hatch’s Press Secretary was kind enough to both read and comment that the Senator’s proposal is only intended to be a short term fix and that the Senator has proposed more long term solutions to Medicare and Medicaid. The proposal dates back to the end of January and can be found […]
Senator Hatch’s anti-tax hike sequester proposal [updated]
March 4, 2013 by Daniel Burton
Filed Under: Entitlement Reform, Fiscal Reform Tagged With: Barack Obama, entitlement reform, Federal Budget, Medicaid, Medicare, National Science Foundation, Orrin Hatch, Senate Democrats, sequestration, Washington D.C.
The Price of Politics is too high: Bob Woodward versus the White House
March 1, 2013 by Daniel Burton
Several people have asked me about the Bob Woodward kerfuffle. (I know. The irony. Congressional leaders and the President spend two years negotiating how to deal with the debt, can’t agree on a solution, resolve to on a 2% across the board cut called “sequestration” that almost no one understands–or represents accurately if they do–and people […]
Filed Under: Book Reviews, Books and Reading, Laws and Lawmakers, Politics Tagged With: Barack Obama, Bob Woodward, Jack Lew, John Boehner, Rahm Emanuel, sequestration, The Price of Politics
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