Six States File Lawsuit Challenging Biden Student Debt Cancellation Program
The lawsuit has a more conventional - and stronger - basis for standing than that filed yesterday by the Pacific Legal Foundation.
The lawsuit has a more conventional - and stronger - basis for standing than that filed yesterday by the Pacific Legal Foundation.
"There's a new special interest group in town: parents."
The West Virginia senator had proposed a series of exceedingly modest tweaks designed to speed up the yearslong environmental review process for new energy projects.
According to a new report for the Congressional Budget Office, student loan debt forgiveness will likely completely wipe out gains made by the Inflation Reduction Act—and then some.
So much for the idea that low interest rates meant the government could borrow endlessly with no consequences.
After a Category 1 hurricane made landfall Sunday, a million Puerto Rican households are still without power.
The White House is giving $1.5 billion in INFRA grants to entities that either don't approve new housing or are actively opposed to making it easier to build.
If the pandemic is over, then how is the supposed emergency move justified?
Ron DeSantis paid for the Martha's Vineyard migrant flights through interest earned on American Rescue Plan money, which he's said was designed "to bail out the poorly governed states.”
James Taylor croons while the stock market burns after another ugly report on inflation.
Even as gas prices continued to tumble, rising prices for food and housing pushed inflation higher in August and proved that prices aren't cooling off yet.
Who does he think ultimately pays those taxes?
The administration is creating a system where everyone involved in higher education has an incentive to fleece the American people.
Whether you qualify, paid off your loan, or never went to college, this politician has an explanation for you.
The proper response to one failed bailout is not another bailout of a different group.
Many college graduates who made strategic choices to avoid taking on debt are now wondering if those sacrifices have put them ahead after all.
From cronyist subsidies to an unfair tax code, there are several key fixes Congress could make to better serve the public.
The president claims broad authority to act under a post-9/11 law.
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Biden's plan to forgive nearly $300 billion in student loan debt will disproportionately help affluent Americans.
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Little, if any, of the $2.2 billion in RAISE grants have gone to jurisdictions proactively deregulating housing construction.
Why should we believe that this boondoggle will produce better results than hundreds of other corporate welfare programs?
But it will raise taxes and sic thousands of new IRS agents on American households.
“We need to have a trash can that works for the city of San Francisco,” said city project manager Lisa Zhuo.
Biden brought an unwinnable war to an end. But the lessons learned are only as valuable as the U.S. government’s willingness to put them to good use.
Many conservatives no longer appear to care much for fiscal conservatism.
Is there a single movie more tied up with lousy government policy than Field of Dreams?
Congress has added $2.4 trillion to the long-term deficit since President Joe Biden took office. Now they want credit for reducing the deficit by $300 billion?
The West Virginia senator conditioned his support for the Inflation Reduction Act on reforming federal environmental review laws. His Senate colleagues don't seem so hot on the idea.
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Senate Republicans have raised reasonable objections that legislation covering veterans' health conditions linked to toxic burn pits will allow for more spending on unrelated items.
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But it will hike taxes, including on Americans earning less than $200,000 annually.
A new report from the Government Accountability Office found that the Federal Student Loan Program will cost over $300 billion more than originally predicted.
The new reconciliation bill also nixes a zoning reform program that had been included in the more expansive Build Back Better bill.
And it also won't help us recover from the recession we're definitely not in.
The proposal reportedly hikes taxes by over $730 billion, with $300 billion of that money to be used for reducing the federal budget deficit.
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The risk of broad and overcautious policies is one we should take more seriously.
Dissecting the president's misleading claims about falling deficits
Here's hoping we don't wind up with more of the spending and favoritism that's become so common.
Poor accounting practices mean the Department of Defense can't even tell how much money or equipment it has lost.
Joe Biden announced an additional $800 million in weapons aid for Ukraine following last week's news that CIA personnel are directing intelligence in Kyiv.
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