2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (211+ words) The following are some of the many important data points included in CBO's extensive report: There are plausible arguments for both a more optimistic and a more pessimistic forecast relative to CBO's estimates. CBO's updated forecast represents a degree of…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (122+ words) Earlier this week, the FCC adopted a reform proposal to prevent "rampant abuse of the program and its verification processes" including by "ensuring that Lifeline support is used to benefit only legal, living, and eligible Americans." Even with new federal…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (620+ words) As Operation Epic Fury finishes its sixth week and enters a two-week cease fire period, we estimate an incremental cost to date of between $25 and $35 billion. An updated summary of cost drivers and methodology included in the posted'March 10'and'March 19'estimates…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (134+ words) New York Governor Kathy Hochul made news recently with an'interview'that was at once revealing and pathetic. The revealing part was her plea for rich former New Yorkers to return so they can be taxed to support expansive state welfare programs....

4+ day, 22+ hour ago  (270+ words) The Trump administration is attacking waste in these programs from multiple angles. To curb abuses in Medicaid, it has announced special investigations into four states (California, Maine, Minnesota, and New York) and'then followed that up by initiating a combined Medicare-Medicaid…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (175+ words) That same day, the NSF submitted its own'budget request'to Congress for just shy of $4. 9 billion, noting in the opening sentence that it "reflects a strategic alignment of resources in a constrained fiscal environment." One consequence is the elimination of one…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (797+ words) Chatrie investigates "geofence warrants" in Fourth Amendment terms. Can a warrant permit the government access to information about everyone who was in a given area at a given time? Or is that an over-broad general warrant? The availability of location-based…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (197+ words) There are, however, two troubling cases: The administration has also installed at least one officer with a conspicuous experience deficit in a legally critical role, and elevated another whose advancement pattern looks less like career development and more like political…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago  (547+ words) To Lead in Tech, Congress May Need to Lead Less'and Rethink the FCC'American Enterprise Institute - AEI As Congress considers rewriting the Communications Act, the hardest question is not about broadband speeds or universal service. It is about institutional design: Who…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago  (186+ words) Few warriors in the fight for free enterprise are as distinguished as Phil Gramm. I would highlight Bradley Foundation CEO Rick Graber's remarks about Senator Gramm, in'the press release'for his prize: Senator Gramm is a force of nature who wakes…...