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No, It’s Not Price Controls: Trump’s Executive Order to Reduce the Prices Medicare Pays for Medicines
Michael F. Cannon Government should not purchase medicines for civilians. Period. The US Medicare and Medicaid programs illustrate why. Medicare…
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ICE Agents Routinely Mask Up When Seizing People—That’s Wrong
Walter Olson I had missed the story from two weeks ago about what happened after (apparent) agents of the US…
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Friday Feature: MCP Academy
Colleen Hroncich “Just do it yourself,” Cammy Herrera’s husband told her. Cammy, a former public school teacher, had been searching…
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Luna Introduces PATRIOT Act Repeal Bill
Patrick G. Eddington House Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R‑FL). There are still some House members who understand that the Bill…
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In Congress, a Move To Strip Courts of Contempt Powers
Walter Olson The House Judiciary Committee on April 28 released budget reconciliation language that would do a truly remarkable thing:…
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Los Angeles Corruption
Chris Edwards Numerous American cities suffer from political corruption. New York City has had trouble for decades. Corruption is also…
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Corporate Welfare and Low-Income Welfare
Chris Edwards I testified yesterday at a House hearing focused on low-income welfare programs, including housing and food programs. The…
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Trump’s New Manufacturing Tax Break Could be a Bad Rerun of Failed Policy
Adam N. Michel President Trump has repeatedly suggested Congress should cut the corporate tax rate to 15 percent for “companies that make…
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Affordable Housing Testimony
Chris Edwards I testified to a House subcommittee yesterday about affordable housing. In particular, I discussed the low-income housing tax…
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CBO Score Shows Medicaid Is Inefficient and Current Spending Levels Unpopular
Michael F. Cannon New Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projections confirm the worst fears of inefficient health care providers and other…
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