NR Daily: A Republican Agenda Worth Pursuing in 2018

Republicans scored a major success by passing their tax bill. Just ask them. Victory appears to have come as such a surprise to them that they do not have a plan for what to do next. At the White House, infrastructure is the big idea. It has been slow, however, to explain what form a bill would take. The president has reportedly poured cold water on the public–private partnerships that Gary Cohn, his top economic adviser, wants to make central to any plan. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan keeps talking up welfare reform: He has long wanted to devolve authority over many anti-poverty programs to the states ...

January 25 2018

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