February 12, 2025
DC Quick Takes: Reconciliation, Defense Spending, Trade, Medicaid, a Government Shutdown, Fed Independence and Nominations
Below we go over a host of issues that DC is grappling with from reconciliation / tax cut to defense spending, trade, Medicaid cuts, a potential government shutdown, the Fed’s independence and RFK’s nomination to…
January 2, 2025
DC Quick Takes: Speaker’s Vote, the Debt Limit and Healthcare Extenders
We think House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) faces uphill odds on retaining his Speaker’s role. It’s close to a tossup but if Johnson is re-elected, it isn’t likely to be on the first ballot. Keep…
December 5, 2024
DC Quick Takes: Slater at DOJ Antitrust, Reconciliation Two-Step, Defense Spending Headline Risk and the GOP House
We give our quick takes below to: 1) Trump’s nomination of Gail Slater to head the Department of Justice (DOJ) antitrust division; 2) the prospects of passing two reconciliation bills and what that might mean…