Steven S Smith
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Political scientist, ASU and Wash U. Congress, elections, public opinion, survey research. Husband, dad, granddad. RT ≠ endorsement. Personal views. https://stevesnotes.substack.com https://sites.wustl.edu/smith/
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Ann Larabee, Dynamite Fiend; Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City
November 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Ann Larabee, Dynamite Fiend; Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City
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Flashback: Jason Chaffetz Eats a Burger
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November 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
GEM for the pin, but I'll take a 700-member House for now.
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
GEM for the pin, but I'll take a 700-member House for now.
Thune didn't want a civil war among Rs over nuking the filibuster in a tactical or strategic way.
November 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Thune didn't want a civil war among Rs over nuking the filibuster in a tactical or strategic way.
Actually, Rs have become quite adept at squeezing most of their agenda in filibuster-free reconciliation bills. Add appropriations rescissions to the mix, and they have the simple-majority tools to do 90 percent of what they want.
November 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Actually, Rs have become quite adept at squeezing most of their agenda in filibuster-free reconciliation bills. Add appropriations rescissions to the mix, and they have the simple-majority tools to do 90 percent of what they want.
The killer ACA exchange premium rates will have been in effect for a month by then if there's no legislation. Let's see how the Senate moderates fight for ACA tax credits. Some Senate Repubs are primed to move far right with a new Trumpian policy.
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
The killer ACA exchange premium rates will have been in effect for a month by then if there's no legislation. Let's see how the Senate moderates fight for ACA tax credits. Some Senate Repubs are primed to move far right with a new Trumpian policy.
[Political science: Multidimensionality in tiny doses--treated as error in scaling models--but that is where legislative fights are often fought.]
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
[Political science: Multidimensionality in tiny doses--treated as error in scaling models--but that is where legislative fights are often fought.]
Nope. Money goes to consumers (presumably, those eligible for today's exchanges), who in turn buy insurance plans, but without subsidies.
November 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Nope. Money goes to consumers (presumably, those eligible for today's exchanges), who in turn buy insurance plans, but without subsidies.
You'll be shopping for insurance plans, not treatments.
November 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
You'll be shopping for insurance plans, not treatments.