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Understanding the Baucus health bill
Today is the third day of the Senate Finance Committee's markup of the Baucus health bill, the "America's Healthy Future Act of 2009." I am going to summarize the bill in a manner similar to what I might have done for my colleagues while working in the White House.
Global climate change negotiations in color
The President is in a tough spot. In December he will send his representatives to the global climate change negotiations in Copenhagen, and the American delegation is likely to disappoint those who advocate for a global agreement pricing carbon. I don't think the President can deliver the U.S. Senate to set a national carbon price. Copenhagen is going to be uncomfortable for U.S. negotiators whose body language suggests they are sympathetic to the views of European Greens.
20 questions for the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
Here are twenty questions I hope we can answer on the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC).
My opening statement at today’s Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission meeting
Here is the opening statement I gave at the first public meeting of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, held this morning in a hearing room in the House Longworth Office Building.