What if the sequester was a true across-the-board spending cut?

While the sequester is advertised as an across-the-board spending cut, it’s not.

Let’s review:

• The sequester is modeled after a similar provision in law from more than…

A flawed attempt to assign blame

Yesterday I mentioned that the President now has a new target for blame any time there’s a piece of economic bad news. Here he is last Friday.

THE PRESIDENT: So economists are estimating that as a consequence of this sequester, that we could see…

How filibusters work and why they are so rare

Last night Senator Rand Paul from Kentucky led a 13-hour filibuster of the nomination of John Brennan to head the CIA. Based on a couple questions from friends I’d like to explain how a filibuster works and why they are so rare.

Skynotfall

Here are a few points on the sequester I haven’t seen elsewhere or I think deserve special emphasis.

Sequester replacement was mostly for show

As best I can tell there were no negotiations across the partisan aisle on how to replace the sequester. The…