June 21, 2017
Good morning from Washington, where the results of yesterday's House race in Georgia have Democrats and Republicans prognosticating about President Trump’s strength. Rachel del Guidice covers that as well as House Speaker Paul Ryan’s vow to fix the tax code this year. The White House has its own to-do list for Congress before summer break, Fred Lucas reports, and also basks in praise from Ukraine’s president. Plus: Kevin Mooney on an LGBT group's clout in setting transgender policy in schools, and Jarrett Stepman on the left’s problem with the Panama Canal.
After his football player son told him a "young lady" was in the boys' locker room, a dad began looking into his son's school's transgender policy.
Pundits had cast the race in Georgia's 6th Congressional District as a referendum on the Trump administration and a bellwether for the balance of power in Congress nearly a year and a half before the midterm elections.
President Trump was undeniably correct that "we," as in the United States, built the Panama Canal. It's an achievement every American should be proud of.
Some Republicans are calling for a shortened recess this summer in order for Congress to accomplish more. "That's going to be up to the House and the Senate to determine their recess," says White House press secretary Sean Spicer.
"We will consolidate the existing seven [tax] brackets into three, double the standard deduction, and simplify things to the point that you can do your taxes on a form the size of a postcard," says House Speaker Paul Ryan.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says the United States has been a "co-sponsor of this story of success" in helping his country fight for freedom against Russian aggression.
Among important economic titles set to HipHoponomics music are "Free Enterprise System," "New Deal or Raw Deal?," "What’s Up With the Fed?," "The 20s Were The Good Dayz," and "Demand & Supply Bars."
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