By Robert Romano With the Alabama Senate seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions hanging in the balance with the upcoming Dec. 12 special election, and a 2018 campaign season viewed as unfavorable to Republicans upon us, all eyes are upon the GOP Congress and its plan […]

By Natalie Castro Americans are growing increasingly frustrated with Congressional stagnation on healthcare issues. As premiums continue to rise as a disastrous side effect of Obamacare, the American people are demanding change. Obamacare was meant to assist America’s poorest citizens, but it did so at […]

By Rick Manning As originally published at http://thehill.com/opinion/technology/362197-finally-a-big-itc-win-for-intellectual-property-rights The United States has long stood as the center for innovation across the globe — even as we ceded other important industries like manufacturing. Thanks to a strong patent system,  written  into the Constitution, we have long encouraged creativity and invention […]

By Gene Kimmelman & Rick Manning As originally published at https://morningconsult.com/opinions/gridlocked-washington-atttime-warner-merger-opposition-finds-unlikely-allies/ While much of what goes on in Congress and Washington, D.C., today is marked by partisan gridlock, there are actually some moments when voices on the complete opposite sides of the political spectrum can come together in […]

By Natalia Castro For nearly a decade, the American people have been able to look back on the 2008 recession as a lesson in how to deal with economic turmoil. But these lessons have not only been reactionary, economists have noticed trends that point to […]

By Robert Romano There is no question that President Donald Trump can appoint Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney to serve as the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in lieu of Senate confirmation. Under the Constitution, the President alone determines who heads […]

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By Robert Romano The Republican tax cut bill is up in the Senate and it’s getting a little bit better in some areas on the individual side of things. The $86.9 billion a year medical expenses deduction, which had been eliminated in the House version of the […]

By Printus LeBlanc Isaac Newton’s third law states, “for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” Sir Isaac must have never been in government, because a little-known rule in the Environmental Protection Agency is having a ripple effect across the nation, and is […]

By Rick Manning As originally published at http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/now-that-richard-cordray-is-gone-its-time-to-undo-his-work/article/2640976 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray announced his resignation last week. This is a victory for consumers and businesses, as he will no longer be able to wreak regulatory havoc on the American people and the economy. But that […]