Jennifer J. Schulp On June 10, the House Financial Services Committee and the House Committee on Agriculture will hold markups on the “Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025,” aka…
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Chris Edwards A Washington Post investigative piece confirms what we’ve been saying for years at Cato about federal housing subsidies. The $14 billion a year low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC)…
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Dan Greenberg Court of International Trade. Nearly 150 years ago, as the nation’s Civil War dragged on, President Lincoln grew increasingly frustrated with the Union Army’s generals. Lincoln viewed America’s military…
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Jeffrey A. Singer In a May 30 article for the Wall Street Journal, Steven Malanga from the Manhattan Institute rightly criticized certain states that have legalized recreational marijuana for using…
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Chris Edwards The Republican reconciliation bill would trim Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). These are shared federal-state programs, with the federal government currently paying 69 percent of…
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Michael F. Cannon President Trump and Senate Republicans will consider measures to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare. Along with Medicaid, Medicare is the primary contributor to our federal…
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David J. Bier The House of Representatives recently passed its budget reconciliation spending bill, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1). The bill changes numerous aspects of tax and…
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Mike Fox May 28 started like any other day but ended with a profound triumph for my Cato colleagues and me. As Cato’s President Peter Goettler said, “Sometimes it’s the constancy…
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Colleen Hroncich Should the Department of Education be shut down? Normally, I’m an easy yes on that question for several reasons: the federal government has no constitutional role in education;…
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Jeffrey Miron Imagine a college campus where the Department of Education has no jurisdiction. No audits, no diversity mandates, no Title IX compliance offices. No federal student loans or threats to…