by Bill Scher | Jun 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
At TheWeek.com today, I lay out "Boehner's Dilemma" on immigration. If House Speaker John Boehner lets the Senate immigration bill pass the House with mostly Democratic votes, he risks a Tea Party uprising that could spark primary challenges against several Republican...
by Bill Scher | Jun 25, 2013 | Climate
The centerpiece of President Obama's climate strategy is a planned package of Environmental Protection Agency rules that would cap carbon on all existing and future power plants, the biggest source of our greenhouse gas emissions. Such rules are essential to avert a...
by Bill Scher | Jun 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
I've commemorated the 10-year anniversary of the formal beginning of the Howard Dean presidential campaign with an article at The Week, "4 ways Howard Dean changed American politics." Dean helped make liberalism respectable again, strip the bark off the Republican...
by Bill Scher | Jun 19, 2013 | Climate
Before the end of the Barack Obama presidency, the EPA will place a cap on carbon pollution from all power plants. This is no longer a mystery. This is happening. And there's nothing Republicans in Congress can do about it. Though if you've been paying close...
by Bill Scher | Jun 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
With the House Republican caucus still squabbling over what ransom they should demand for an increase in the debt limit, Speaker John Boehner issued his own threat yesterday. According to Roll Call, Boehner wants "another round of spending cuts beyond the sequester."...
