August 13, 2022 5:30 am
The Next Farm Bill Will Probably Stink Worse and Cost More
Asking America’s agriculture industry to stand on its own two feet remains a third rail in American politics.
Tags: Agriculture, Congress, corporate welfare, REASON
August 12, 2022 3:45 pm
Congress Just Passed the Inflation Reduction Act. It Will Hike Taxes on Some Middle-class Households.
It also spends billions on new green energy programs, and it lets the IRS hire 87,000 new agents.
August 12, 2022 5:00 am
A More Powerful IRS Won’t Target Only the Wealthy
The power to tax is the power to destroy.
Tags: Congress, Government spending, REASON, taxes
August 11, 2022 11:50 am
The Disappearing Differences Between Republicans and Democrats on Federal Family Spending
Many conservatives no longer appear to care much for fiscal conservatism.
Tags: Bailouts, Congress, debt, Democratic Party, Free Markets, Government spending, jobs, Mitt Romney, Politics, REASON, Republican Party, Social Security
August 11, 2022 9:20 am
IRS Controversially Claims Hiring 87,000 New Agents Won’t Mean Higher Audit Rate for the Middle Class
So why do Democrats keep equivocating on the point that households making under $400,000 may be targeted for more audits by an expanded IRS?
August 10, 2022 8:36 am
Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Afghan Adjustment Act To Help Afghan Evacuees Stay in the U.S.
But thousands of Afghans who helped U.S. forces are still stuck in Afghanistan under Taliban rule.
Tags: asylum, Congress, foreign policy, immigration, REASON, war
August 9, 2022 11:54 am
These Top GOP Senators Still Haven’t Condemned Democrats’ Banana Republic FBI Raid On Donald Trump
Some in Senate GOP leadership including Minority Leader McConnell have refused to condemn the rogue FBI’s actions against Trump.
Tags: Congress, FBI, FEDERALIST
August 9, 2022 2:25 am
Democrats Didn’t Pass Their Toxic Spending Spree For Midterms But In Spite Of Them
If the GOP doesn’t have better goals than warming congressional benches, it’s going to be useless in the long term.
Tags: Congress, Democrats, FEDERALIST, gop, Inflation, IRS, Republicans, spending, taxes
August 8, 2022 6:45 am
Senate Passes $740 Billion ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ That Will Probably Make Inflation Worse
Plus: Inside Trump’s family separation policy, a Grammarly for government, and more…
Tags: Climate Change, Congress, Government spending, health care, Inflation, IRS, REASON, taxes
August 4, 2022 11:15 am
Industrial Policy Stifles Progress
When Congress picks winners, we all lose.
Tags: Congress, corporate welfare, economics, REASON, Subsidies
August 4, 2022 9:20 am
After a $54 Billion Airline Bailout, Elizabeth Warren Thinks She Gets To Make the Rules
More airline workers and more flights—not bailouts and restrictions on mergers—is the better policy.
August 3, 2022 1:25 pm
Joe Manchin Strikes a Deal To Fix Antiquated Environmental Review Regulations. Will It Do Any Good?
The West Virginia senator proposes marginal reforms to a federal permitting process that policy wonks say needs a root-and-branch overhaul.
August 2, 2022 9:01 pm
Democrats Don’t Care Whether Banning ‘Assault Weapons’ Is Constitutional
Even while conceding that the rifles they want to ban are commonly used for lawful purposes, they refuse to grapple with the implications.
Tags: Congress, Gun Control, Gun Rights, REASON, second amendment, Supreme Court
August 1, 2022 4:58 am
3 Big Blunders Showing Mitch McConnell Isn’t The Legislative Genius He Thinks He Is
Schumer has out-maneuvered McConnell on all three of these key legislative packages during the 117th Congress.
Tags: Congress, Democrats, FEDERALIST, Politics, Senate