Congress Has the Power of the Purse. It Just Doesn’t Use It.
Congress’s role as a responsible steward of public money will not happen through speeches or shutdown threats
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Congress’s role as a responsible steward of public money will not happen through speeches or shutdown threats
daily life and part of our economy. Public lands, working forests, and reliable water are not abstract policy … land management, water infrastructure, and responsible access to public lands, I think about communities like Durango that depend
their livestock; towns and cities can maintain their public water supply; and Coloradans can continue fishing, boating, rafting
Congress don’t usually make resolutions in public. If we did, many would sound predictable: get on more
repeat performer — is the hidden tax of bad public policy. These are costs that nobody votes … vote for a single member of Colorado’s Public Utilities Commission. But that isn’t stopping them from
problems isn’t good public policy. The Affordable Care Act expanded insurance coverage, but it didn’t deliver