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GOP Bill Hikes Farm Subsidies
Chris Edwards The Republican reconciliation bill, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, includes large cuts to taxes and small cuts…
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Rep. Stutzman’s Emergency Spending Accountability Act Aims to Restore Fiscal Discipline to Crisis Spending
Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett Congress’s ability to respond to genuine national emergencies is essential. But without budgetary guardrails, emergency…
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Balancing Public Safety and Individual Freedom: A Doctor’s Take on the ACIP Overhaul
Jeffrey A. Singer On June 9, Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that he…
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What Is the Opportunity Cost of State AI Policy? A New Cato Policy Analysis Discusses
Jennifer Huddleston In the first half of 2025, over 1,000 bills related to artificial intelligence (AI) have been introduced at…
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The New Retaliation Tax, Section 899
Adam N. Michel The House-passed reconciliation bill includes a new tax measure designed to retaliate against foreign taxes that discriminate…
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Crypto Market Structure in Focus: The CLARITY Act
Jennifer J. Schulp On June 10, the House Financial Services Committee and the House Committee on Agriculture will hold markups…
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Housing Subsidies Boost Costs
Chris Edwards A Washington Post investigative piece confirms what we’ve been saying for years at Cato about federal housing subsidies.…
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I Shot the Tariff (But I Swear It Was in Self-Defense)
Dan Greenberg Court of International Trade. Nearly 150 years ago, as the nation’s Civil War dragged on, President Lincoln grew increasingly…
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Getting It Half-Baked: The Real Cause of Cannabis Market Failures
Jeffrey A. Singer In a May 30 article for the Wall Street Journal, Steven Malanga from the Manhattan Institute rightly…
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GOP Cuts and State Budgets
Chris Edwards The Republican reconciliation bill would trim Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). These are shared federal-state…
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