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The government is always looking for an excuse to curtail users’ free speech online. Echoing growing concerns about the government’s role in policing social media, the Supreme Court waded into the debate by issuing decisions on seven First Amendment cases during the recently ended term.
Congress doesn’t make policy holistically. But it should. Today’s piecemeal process limits the ability of the people’s representatives to improve the structure and finance of the government’s activities.
Price controls for prescription drugs promise to do what everybody wants: bring down the cost of life-saving medications with no negative consequences – in other words, a free lunch.
Today, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) released a new economic report, responding to lawmakers’ attempts to dodge accountability for rubber-stamping President Biden’s economic policies by blaming businesses for increased consumer prices.
The House would benefit from more deliberation. Every member represents about the same number of Americans, and a successful Congress would draw much more on their distributed knowledge to make policy. After all, committees aren’t perfect microcosms of House members, and members often have ideas to improve legislation from committees other than those on which they serve.
Popular and effective, the Medicare Advantage (MA) program has become the preferred way to receive health benefits for more than half of the 64 million elderly and disabled Americans who rely on Medicare for their health insurance coverage.
Think back to the start of the week. Have you sent a message to your kid’s teacher on a school app? Did you recently set a reminder for yourself using your phone’s digital assistant? Or maybe you found a new show to watch after a streaming platform recommended it for you. Maybe, like me, you track your fitness through a smart wearable device like an Apple Watch.
The coalition of 31 organizations, including Americans for Prosperity, Institute for the American Worker (I4AW), and Independent Women’s Forum (IWF), highlighted in its press release: “As a Congressional Review Act is being considered to rescind the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Independent Contractor rule which goes into effect today, 31 policy organizations sent a coalition letter to the U.S. Congress last week raising concerns with how the new rule would have a disastrous impact on entrepreneurs by improperly classifying many independent workers as employees against their will.”
