The Republicans are running out the clock. They have offered up increasingly untenable proposals in a bid to pin the responsibility for no deal on the Democrats.
December 7, 2020Sens. Warner, Manchin, and Shaheen are conceding to McConnell’s expansive language, sources indicate.
December 4, 2020Radical shifts in the economy cannot be easily managed.
December 3, 2020The president has largely ceased to govern, nursing his grievances in the White House and emerging only to golf. Mainstream Republicans have largely abdicated responsibility.
December 2, 2020Critics Smell 'Economic Sabotage' as McConnell Unveils Covid Plan With $0 for Unemployment Boost, Direct Payments
December 2, 2020Plus, another bipartisan gang pitching a probably fruitless deal.
December 2, 2020Trump seems to have accepted that he’s going to have to leave office, and to be exploring his options.
December 1, 2020Biden appears to be recovering the structure and stability of our government while also enabling it to reflect our nation more accurately than it ever has before.
November 20, 2020There were pretty strong hints that Republicans were disinterested in continuing the CARES Act’s Federal Reserve lending facilities after it technically expires at the end of the year. The deadline could be extended, but Treasury would have to agree to the terms. And yesterday, Steve Mnuchin pulled the plug.
November 19, 2020There’s no ambiguity over what to do, but McConnell holds the key to actually doing it.
