Political conflict and violent conflict are not the same thing
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Lame Duck sessions undermine representative government
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The leader-driven equilibrium is increasingly precarious
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What exactly are political parties, and how do they matter?
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Congress no longer seen as preeminent institution
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We seek to clarify and deepen our original discussion about polarization in this post.
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“Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There’s no better rule.”
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Republican leaders try to fend off a rogue effort to force House action
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Americans have good reason to believe that their government isn’t working
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History is important. We ignore its lessons at our peril.
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Only thing remarkable is how utterly unremarkable and familiar it has become
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Let us look to the new year confident in the knowledge that we are treading the well-worn path of those who came before us. And let us continue the work they began by conducting our politics in the institutions created by the Constitution. It may feel a bit unsettling. But welcoming conflict into our political lives will ensure that our future will continue to be brightened by a rising and not a setting sun.
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Republican efforts to reform the tax code received an important boost with last week’s passage of the annual budget resolution in the House of Representatives. But the GOP should not celebrate just yet. How Republicans overcome the remaining challenges will determine whether they actually cross the finish line.
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The Republican Party is gearing up for a critical push to reform the tax code. After the spectacular collapse of its seven-year effort to repeal Obamacare this summer, the GOP is in desperate need of a victory.
And according to Republican leaders, that victory is all but assured. Earlier this week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., observed, “If there’s anything that unifies Republicans, it’s tax reform.”
But it’s far from clear that’s the case.
Conspicuously absent from such platitudes is any indication of what, exactly, tax reform means.
That’s because it means different things to different people.
And therein lies the problem for Republicans. The vague language they use to communicate with voters implies a level of agreement within the GOP that may not exist.
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