K Street eyes the power of the moderates
The thin margins will certainly hand the ruling party’s more partisan wings great leverage to gum up the legislative process.
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The thin margins will certainly hand the ruling party’s more partisan wings great leverage to gum up the legislative process.
President Joe Biden releases his second budget today — and one of the big ideas to leak out early is a big new tax on the rich.
A recent study finds that the Forbes 400 paid an effective tax rate of 8.2 percent over recent years—lower than many middle-class Americans.
This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. The US economy added 379,000 jobs in February, and the unemployment rate dropped to 6.2%. But that good news hides just how much the labor market is really struggling. Nick Buffie is an economic-policy analyst and graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School. This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author. On Friday morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its February jobs report. Over the coming days, the media will likely focu...