Anything I did that was wrong, I apologize for. But anything I did that was not wrong, I don't apologize for.
Apr 19 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
A few thoughts on what the Freedom Caucus has wrought....
The intellectual backbone of the House Freedom Caucus (at both a staff and member level) comes from Senate refugees, in particular associates of former Senator Jim DeMint.
When you hear 'we want more debate and more amendments' in the House, that is these folks wanting the House to be more like the Senate -- less leadership driven, more freewheeling, more debate and empowerment of the rank-and-file.
Oct 27, 2020 • 54 tweets • 8 min read
So, with a South Lawn Ceremony for the swearing in of #AmyConeyBarrett, a few thoughts on how we got here...here being a point where 6 members of the Supreme Court have a generally reliable commitment to an originalist theory of constitutional interpretation.
Obviously, this political/legal development is inseparable from some of the most divisive moments in our recent political history.
But I'm going to do my best to play this straight.
Oct 26, 2020 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
Can we crowdsource this? Ideas for greater social/economic inequality in college admissions beyond those that are ordinarily discussed. I'll go with a few....
Need to identify whether you have been the beneficiary of paid tutoring beyond a group standardized test class.
Apr 30, 2019 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Schumer says prior to infrastructure meeting, "By reversing only the most egregious giveaways in President Trump's tax bill -- and raising the corporate rate a smidge, we could finance the entirety of a $1 trillion infrastructure bill."
Let's fact check this.
Here's the JCT analysis of the Conference Report on TCJA.
file:///C:/Users/bdunn/Downloads/x-67-17%20(5).pdf
A few things stand out.
The entire cost of all the bracket reductions was $1.2 trillion
By comparison, the cost of doubling the standard deduction was $720 million.
