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Although the NCAA Tournament attracts far more attention, mid-March also marks the beginning phase of the congressional budget and appropriations process. Even though the November 2015 Bipartisan Budget Act set the discretionary spending levels for FY17, passing a budget resolution is still significant. First, a budget resolution is a political
Yesterday was St. Patrick’s Day, and all around Washington the daffodils are just beginning to poke out of the ground. Most of us inside the Beltway are focused on the presidential primaries, and of course on the NCAA Tournament. The beginning of the next fiscal year is still more than
Heated rhetoric on the presidential campaign trail may derail Speaker Ryan’s plans for passing budget resolution and the annual appropriations bills that fund the federal government cialis 20mg fta 4st. “Ryan has to navigate what’s best for his conference amidst one of the more major upheavals of his party,” Huder
The optimism following the 2-year budget deal struck last October is officially over. Many House majority members who were unhappy with the deal remain unhappy. Over the past month House conservatives have signaled they will not vote for a budget unless they find $30 billion in cuts. Enacting a budget
By far the most interesting and important political dynamic to watch in the Second Session will be relations between Speaker Ryan and ultra-conservatives in his own party. The first real test of that will come when the House Budget Committee issues its FY17 spending plan. The 2015 Bipartisan Budget Agreement
“The Constitution is pretty clear about what’s supposed to happen now. When there is a vacancy on the Supreme Court, the President of the United States is to nominate someone, the Senate is to consider that nomination, and either they disapprove of the nominee or that nominee is elevated to
The passing of Justice Antonin Scalia this past weekend throws a new wrinkle into Senate politics. As if things were difficult enough for Majority Leader McConnell, he now has to navigate one of the Senate’s most important votes, or lack thereof, as he attempts to defend seven vulnerable Republican seats.
AMI Newswire’s article on the upcoming difficulties in enacting the FY17 budget features a wide ranging analysis by GAI Director Ken Gold. “The number one question in the House (on the budget) is what is the relationship between the speaker and the Freedom Caucus,…..” “Because they can prevent him from
GAI Senior Fellow Mark Harkins recently spoke with a reporter for the Spanish language newspaper El Espanol. He discussed how a Michael Bloomberg candidacy can affect the presidential race. Here is the entire story (in Spanish).
Yesterday Federal News Radio hosted GAI Director Ken Gold to participate in an hour-long discussion about important issues before the 114th Congress. With Republicans holding majorities in both the House and Senate and a Democrat in the White House, the 1st Session of the 114th Congress was considerably more productive
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