Oct. 23, 2017
Good morning from Washington, where this week may see the House move quickly on a Senate budget resolution so both chambers can focus on tax reform. This is progress, despite too much government spending, Justin Bogie and Adam Michel write. Unlike a generation ago, Democrats aren't big fans of tax cuts, Rachel del Guidice reports. And we've got your views on changing the tax code. Plus: Fred Lucas on the left and election integrity, Kevin Mooney on targeting cronyism at the EPA, and Amy Swearer on the harrowing reason she says, "Me, too."
What I know from hospital staff is that someone called an ambulance after finding me screaming for help. I came to the next morning on an emergency room gurney, bruised in various places and my wrist so badly damaged it would likely need surgery.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt suggests he may rule out science advisers with a history of taking EPA grants, sometimes "to the tune of literally tens of millions of dollars."
Former President Jimmy Carter served as honorary co-chairman, along with former President Gerald Ford, for the 2001 National Commission on Federal Election Reform, which convened after the controversial results of the 2000 presidential race.
The bill does little to address Congress' addiction to spending, which if left unchecked will continue to drive the nation closer to a fiscal breakdown.
"Reagan was successful in promoting—and, I think, accurately—the idea that it was a tax cut across the board, and that these were tax reforms across the board, which benefited everybody," says The Heritage Foundation's Lee Edwards.
"Most businesses in the U.S. are small and privately owned, not the huge, publicly traded companies. Want to help 80 percent of America? Lower the corporate income tax rate," writes Blair Christensen.
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