Month: January 2018

Rick Perry’s Plan to Rescue Struggling Coal and Nuclear Plants Is Rejected

The New York Times January 8, 2018

Federal regulators on Monday rejected a proposal by Energy Secretary Rick Perry to subsidize struggling coal and nuclear plants, in a major blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to revive America’s declining coal industry…

Moynihan was right: The GOP tax giveaway will lead to safety net cuts

The Hill January 3, 2018

When Congress passed a massive tax giveaway to the richest that will add at least $1 trillion to America’s debt late last year, GOP lawmakers were remarkably candid about the next step: cutting the safety net for hundreds of millions of Americans by going after Social Security…

Paul Bledsoe

Politics & Policy

Month: January 2018

Rick Perry’s Plan to Rescue Struggling Coal and Nuclear Plants Is Rejected

Moynihan was right: The GOP tax giveaway will lead to safety net cuts

Paul Bledsoe

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