Daley’s View: The Fiscal Cliff, the Grand Bargain, and the Great Fog of...
It is rarely helpful to use simple clichés when defining complex events –a lesson our media would do well to learn. For months the bloggers, political radio and television hosts, and pundits of all...
View ArticleWith the New Year comes a new Fiscal Showdown
On the first day of the 2013, Congress passed a legislative compromise to address the so-called ‘fiscal cliff,’ while setting the stage for Round 2 of an ongoing Fiscal Showdown. The legislation...
View ArticleDaley’s Glossary: Guideposts in the Labyrinth of our current Fiscal Debate
Listening to the current national fiscal debate is like standing before a labyrinth with only your ears to guide you. There are strange terms and “impending deadlines” being thrown out into the...
View ArticleThe Great Big PhRMA Medicare Heist
Part 1: Rigging the System is Profitable While millions of Americans struggle to pay for their prescription medication, big pharmaceutical companies reap $600 billion in annual profits. $116 million...
View ArticleSorting through the business lobbies’ diverse interests on tax reform
This fall a major showdown is brewing over tax and budget priorities in our nation’s capital. Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana) and Congressman Dave Camp (R-Michigan) have been laying groundwork for a...
View ArticleWill SEC order a dose of sunlight for corporate political spending?
Mary Jo White, the new Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, was recently confirmed to a five-year term that secures her position until 2019. With that kind of job security, Ms. White...
View ArticleBad Medicine Report Details Influence of Pharma in DC Budget Failure
Released to the Press September 25, 2013 New Report Analyzes Interest Group Influence in Blocking Proposed Cost Saving Measures in Medicare Report Finds Influence of Pharmaceutical Industry as Major...
View ArticleDaley View: WHY IS A RAVEN LIKE A WRITING DESK? and Other Musings
I was in the Hart Senate Office Building for a meeting with Senator Manchin’s staff that ended around 2:30 PM. Normally I would have bolted for the door to get fresh air, but I was starving. I went...
View ArticleOne of the Sorriest Episodes in Recent Memory
It is clear that there are those among us who are having trouble adjusting to the new reality of race in America. Their old world of white majority domination in political and economic life is slipping...
View ArticleDaley Weekly: Lame Duck Session More Reaction Than Action
Lame Duck The Congress returned December 1 for two weeks. What are they doing with all this time? The House is setting its collective hair on fire over the President’s Executive Order on Immigration....
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