Congress
The Safe Freight Act would slow innovation and put railroads at a competitive disadvantage
Are lawmakers in the 116th Congress again preparing to pick winners and losers in the commercial transportation industry?
Congress Rushes to Pass Government Funding Package
The $333 billion spending package that Congress has cobbled together to avoid the threat of a partial government shutdown contains lots of giveaways that go beyond keeping the government’s lights on.
Green New Deal Falls Flat
In an effort to fight climate change, freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) introduced this week a framework they call a "Green New Deal.” Saying that this plan is overly ambitious is an understatement.
Congress Fails Farmers and Taxpayers with its Farm Bill
President Nixon’s secretary of agriculture, Earl Butz, once said in 1973, “get big or get out.” He enthusiastically urged farmers to buy up their neighbors’ land. Since then, American agriculture policy has enabled big industrialized farm businesses...
Congress is Tricking Taxpayers to Pay More for Treats
As people eat their leftover Halloween candy, they may want to think about how much they paid for all those treats.
How Tax Reform 2.0 Could Impact Savings
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the tax bill passed in Congress last year, represents the most substantial change to the nation’s tax code in a generation. This change has greatly benefited the U.S.
FCC Commissioner Offers Commonsense Advice to Rural Utilities Service
Publicly-funded broadband overbuild is an ongoing problem across the country. It is far easier to deploy new services alongside existing infrastructure than to build-out to those who remain in unserved areas.
President Trump tweeted this week that "Tariffs are the greatest!" Farmers disagree.
The federal government will soon dole out around $12 billion in "temporary relief" to farmers adversly affected by President Trump's tariffs and trade war, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Tuesday.
Streamlining 5G Deployment
On June 28, 2018, Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) introduced S.
DOE Prepares Bailout for Unprofitable Power Plants
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has said that the country has ample power to supply market needs. FERC in
House Subcommittee Concerned over "Too Big to Fail" Mentality at NASA
On Thursday, June 14, 2018, the House of Representative’s Subcommittee on Space met to discuss the rising cost and schedule overruns at the National Aeronautics
Senate Farm Bill helps largest 10% of farm operations
Despite the election year rhetoric about fiscal discipline and deficits, as well as advancing free-markets and trade, many lawmakers have sided with the influential farm lobby to continue doling out multi-millions of dollars to corporate...
