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For some special interests, a fading coronavirus pandemic poses a problem, but not always an insurmountable one.

Everything’s Coming Up COVID for Much Public Spending … Even as Virus Fades For some special interests, a fading coronavirus pandemic poses a problem, but not always an insurmountable one. Big Labor and its acolytes cite the virus as a compelling reason for doubling the minimum wage and forcing businesses to provide more paid sick leave, while the Biden administration is using the pandemic as part of its justification for overhauling immigration toward eventual amnesty for undocumented migrants. Meanwhile, the left-leaning Brookings Institution has successfully persuaded the federal gover...

Good morning, it’s Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020. Today’s news is that the House of Representatives overrode a presidential veto yesterday, which sends the measure -- a $741 billion defense authorization bill -- to the U.S. Senate. In the early part of this year, the Senate saved President Trump from a nakedly partisan impeachment effort by Democrats. The upper chamber seems much less likely to have his back again. Not only is Trump a lame duck who should be concentrating on leaving office in three weeks on a high note, but both the defense bill and the veto were passed by robustly bipartisan m...