The Market Institute

The Senate just finished voting on their version of the jobs bill with a final vote of 70-28.  It includes highway fund, bonds, and small business tax incentives. The Senate’s legislation will now be conferenced with the House bill and return to both chambers for a final vote.

We would like to again point out that as the President’s health care language currently stands, according to Obama’s own rubrick, this is not a actual proposal. That said, there is still enough for us to talk about, and we have (here and here). There is also enough for the media to start taking apart [...]

Just in time for the weekend, the snow has cleared in Washington, DC and Congress is back to work. Yesterday: The President’s Council of Economic Advisors released their economic forecast yesterday (here), and the picture that the it portrayed was not so bright.  However, that didn’t stop the White House from continuing to push for [...]

Here is the leaked draft of the Democrat’s jobs bill (here). As we forecast the Senate bill generally aligns with the House bill.  It includes extensions for unemployment benefits, COBRA benefit extensions, tax incentives for new hiring, infrastructure spending, housing credits,