The White House has released an Immigration Principles and Policies list of things it wants in return for a deal to save the young immigrants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that is being phased out. My hope is that the…
Gingrich and Daschle: Senate and House making key steps to fix health care
If the last eight years have taught us anything, it should be that fixing our broken health insurance system won?t be easy ? it will require multiple steps. Bipartisan teams in the Senate and House are separately taking important first steps toward…
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Regime change in Iran does not equal war in Iran
Amid the White House review of its Iran policy and subsequent to the signing into law of H.R. 6634, which imposes tough sanctions on the Iranian regime and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), familiar voices in Washington have begun fear…
The House Intel Committee may force the FBI to tip its hand to Russia
In three days, the director of the FBI and the attorney general are required to come before the House Intelligence Committee under the threat of being held in contempt.Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) has issued a subpoena to both…
'Internet of things' can boost US manufacturing might
The “internet of things” offers the potential to connect trading partners, production facilities, products and consumers in ways that can provide visibility and value up and down the supply chain.Within the manufacturing enterprise, the “industrial…
Trump, remove your blinders on climate change
You would have to be a fool to deny that the climate is changing.Hurricane Harvey was the biggest rain event ever to hit the continental United States and wreaked havoc in Texas at a cost likely to exceed all previous storms on record. Hurricane…
We can't allow Congress to take earned benefits programs away from seniors
Make no mistake: recent developments on the Hill should provide seniors with some sense of relief about the future of the programs they depend upon. But, as with an approaching storm whose course keeps changing, any sense of relief can only be…
We can't allow Congress to take earned benefits programs away from seniors
Natural disasters have consumed the news during the past two weeks. But America?s seniors are also at risk from potential man-made disasters emanating from Capitol Hill. Make no mistake: recent developments on the Hill should provide seniors with…
New NAFTA must terminate corporate kangaroo courts
Entrepreneurs gathering in Washington for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Summit, please beware.?By pushing for a little-known but damaging legal concept buried in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the chamber has…