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Congress Should Not Exempt Medicare from Budget Scrutiny

When Congress is forced to get serious about deficit cutting again, Medicare should be at the top of the list of programs receiving a thorough review.

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It’s Time to Combat Abuse of Agency Guidance – Again.

The federal courts cannot comprehensively limit administrative state power, but an Executive Order could do helpful work.

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