Since January, Republicans in Congress have been working on efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare using the budget reconciliation vehicle. As a last-ditch effort to utilize this legislative vehicle before it expires on Sept. 30, Congress looks likely to vote next week on the Graham-Cassidy health bill that partially repeals and replaces parts of Obamacare. […]
Politicians who don’t want tax reform are busy making the case that cutting taxes for business will not help workers. Those politicians are backed up by government scorekeepers who, unfortunately, have their economic analysis exactly backward. Despite the name—“corporate” tax reform—the burden of the corporate income tax falls almost entirely on workers in the form […]
Jimmy Kimmel may be a funny man, but he doesn’t understand Obamacare, according to a U.S. senator who the late-night TV host slammed this week as dishonest in describing a Republican alternative to the health care law. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., one of the chief authors of legislation to partially repeal Obamacare, sought to make […]
Sarah is 32 years old and recently moved to Texas from New York, looking for a new start—in more ways than one. Brooklyn had grown too expensive for her hipster pocketbook. A relationship she had hoped would blossom and mature there had instead withered. So to Austin she came, hoping she could improve upon her modest $22,000 annual […]
The Trump administration will decide within 10 days how many refugees may resettle next year in the United States, a State Department official said Wednesday at The Heritage Foundation. During a 120-day suspension of refugees entering the U.S. ordered by President Donald Trump, officials studied the specifics of vetting refugees, the costs of resettling them, […]
The numbers don’t lie. Across the entertainment industry, viewers and fans are tuning out. It’s no coincidence ratings are cratering as unhinged celebrities crank up their anti-Trump and anti-American antics. Pro tip, Tinseltownies: Swapping your jazz hands for middle fingers and waving resistance fists at your customer base is bad for business. Let us count […]
What lawmakers do in Washington to overhaul the tax code is a “big deal” for a fourth-generation cattle rancher in North Dakota, she says. “Tax reform is a big deal for families like mine and others across North Dakota and across the United States,” Julie Ellingson told The Daily Signal in a phone interview. “Farmers […]
President Donald Trump praised the new leadership of the United Nations on Monday for promoting reform in the global body, often criticized for bloated bureaucracy, ineffectiveness, and scandal. “The United Nations has not reached its full potential,” @POTUS says. Trump and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres both ascended to their respective offices this year and have […]
After racking up victories against the Obama administration before the Supreme Court, Noel Francisco is expected to be confirmed by the Senate to manage the Trump administration’s cases there. “If you asked any conservative attorney in this town, they would put Noel in the top five legal minds,” @Curt_Levey says. President Donald Trump nominated Francisco, […]
Editor’s note: Our coverage of the voter fraud issue, much of it by Fred Lucas, spurs a strong turnout among The Daily Signal’s audience. Today we feature some of those comments. Don’t forget to write us at [email protected]—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: I’m a reader from western Pennsylvania expressing my thanks for Fred Lucas’ report on […]
