SPN group says a multitrillion-dollar bailout of cities and states will be needed if Congress eliminates the SALT deduction.
GOP Tax Bill Will Trigger Fiscal Crisis, Conservative Group Warns
By Don Wiener | at
News
ALEC Corporate Members Lay Off Over 12,000 Workers in 2017
By Don Wiener | at
Pharma leads the way.
ALEC MAY WANT TO RECONSIDER THIS “LEGISLATOR OF THE WEEK” AWARD
By Don Wiener | at
This year’s legislator of the week has trouble defining rape.
SPIKE IN PRIVATE EQUITY POLITICAL SPENDING SPARES LOOPHOLE IN GOP TAX PLAN
By Don Wiener and Arn Pearson | at
New research by CMD shows private equity political spending soared to almost $100 million in 2016 election cycle.
Fake News Machine Ready to Defend Trump White House Against Robert Mueller
By Mary Bottari | at
Fake news has been weaponized as never before.
Dispatches from COP23 Climate Change Summit in Bonn
By Alex Carlin | at
Special report for CMD from Alex Carlin about his observations from the 23rd annual “conference of the parties” (COP) taking place in Bonn, Germany from 6-17 November.
Jeff Sessions’ Incredible Shrinking Russia Denial
By Arn Pearson | at
The most heated exchanges during Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week concerned his ever-shifting explanation of what he discussed—or didn’t discuss—with Russian officials while serving as Donald Trump’s “go-to person” on foreign policy during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Koch Troops Queasy About Killing State and Local Tax Deduction to Fund Tax Breaks for the Rich
By Don Wiener | at
Koch-funded groups are split on a key issue in the tax debate.
Koch Demands Corporate Welfare From One of America’s Poorest Cities
By Don Wiener | at
The Koch Brothers talk a good game against “corporate welfare,” but have received some $363 million in taxpayer subsidies.
ALEC’s Corporate Sponsors Top Nation’s Lawbreaker List
By Don Wiener | at
Fourteen of the pay-to-play group’s biggest corporate funders are among the 100 worst federal violators since 2000.