Author Archives: eeldav

House Budget Committee Chairman Diane Black (R-Ten.) rolled out the GOP’s fiscal year 2018 budget resolution last week entitled “Building a Better America (BBA).”  This budget covers fiscal years 2018 through 2027 and claims to achieve $6.5 trillion in total … Continue reading →

Eight years ago newly elected President Barack Obama initiated a complex process to make a paradigm shift in the U.S. health care system.  The objective was to provide health insurance for more people.  In other words Democrats wanted to solve … Continue reading →

Ten years ago while vacationing with the family I met a freshman Republican congressman whose family was on the same tour.  Since we belonged to the same party and had a mutual friend in the U.S. House we connected.  Almost … Continue reading →

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is desperate to pass tax reform legislation.  His objective is to replace President Ronald Reagan’s 1986 tax reform with a “revenue neutral” plan that would not alter the current Congressional Budget Office 10 … Continue reading →

When Republicans took control of the Senate in 2015 Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) proclaimed that serious adults were now in charge.  Well, they sure haven’t proven it.  The Republican controlled Congress didn’t accomplish much in 2015 or 2016 and … Continue reading →

The Crawford Counties of the nation are a big reason why Donald Trump won the 2016 election and probably why Republicans control the majority of state houses.  I think the votes in these mostly rural areas reflect dissatisfaction with Washington and … Continue reading →

While most of the nation was focused on former FBI director James Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday other important issues were brewing.  The investigations of Russian hacking and the involvement of Donald Trump’s campaign may take years to … Continue reading →

Congress has been in session since January 3, with Republicans in control of both chambers of Congress and a newly elected Republican president in the White House.  Congressional Republicans were all smiles as they quickly passed a concurrent budget resolution … Continue reading →

This is a line from a prophetic, 1985 Bruce Springsteen song, “My Home Town.”  It ends with “and they ain’t coming back.”  The song tells the tale of many hometowns across America during the past several decades.  In spite of … Continue reading →

Republicans revel in President Ronald Reagan’s supply-side theories that critics call “trickle-down” economics.  They believe tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy lead to investments in plants and equipment, which theoretically result in economic growth that trickles-down to create jobs … Continue reading →