The Market Institute

Most legislation that passes the House and Senate goes to a “conference” (here), and then back to each chamber for one more vote. However, the Republicans have threatened to filibuster the appointing of a conference, so the Democrats had to employ a strategy called a ping-pong.  First, on chamber passes the bill. Second, the

The President played his political hand today. He made a strong move  calling for Senate and House leaders to call a vote within the next couple of weeks. His announcement was not much of a surprise on Capitol Hill, but it is still an amazing move considering the many objections from both parties, the political [...]

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 [...]