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When we consider the innovation this country has produced, it is astounding to recognize that each invention is the result of curiosity, questioning, and ingenuity from every day Americans.
This post is part of a series on “Imagining Effective Federal Budgeting”: House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington recently discussed plans to advance a budget resolution. It should be a blueprint meant to guide congressional action on spending, revenue, deficits, and debt for the year.
At a time when many Americans are skeptical of government effectiveness, ORM offers a rare example of reform that delivers tangible results. Virginia should not only continue this office, but rather Virginia, Congress, and the entire country should adopt and build on its success and reaffirm the type of accountable governance envisioned by our Founding Fathers.
Last week, I testified at the House Budget Committee hearing on “The Best Metric to Reverse the Curse: A 3% Deficit-to-GDP Path to Fiscal Sustainability” along with Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Jonathan Burks, executive vice president for economic and health policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center, and Jared Bernstein, Ph.D., […]
If the goal is more access, lower costs, higher quality, and a more competitive health care system, the solution is clear: roll back CON laws and stop letting state planners block investment in care. Tennessee’s Senate has taken a meaningful step in that direction. The House should follow through.
Later this month, Congress will vote on reauthorizing FISA Section 702 — a massive surveillance program that “incidentally” collects huge quantities of Americans’ personal communications. Any reauthorization must include reforms to protect the basic rights of Americans.
Free speech provides the bedrock on which our other freedoms thrive. From Benjamin Franklin to Frederick Douglass, early advocates helped shape the freedom of speech we celebrate today.
America’s workforce is changing, and state lawmakers are starting to catch up.
Our history is filled with figures who have shaped society, culture, and politics in fundamental ways. We teach our children about heroic figures like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. But America’s story hasn’t only been written by famous presidents or generals. It has often been written by everyday people who confront something unfair, refuse to stand by, and take one small step to fix the injustices they see.
