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    House Committee Passes Temporary FSOC Reforms
    The U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee passed two good reform bills aimed at fixing the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC). Both pieces of legislation address major problems with the council, but they provide only a temporary solution. The FSOC’s very existence perpetuates the too-big-to-fail problem. Future government bailouts are now more likely because…
    Norbert Michel
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    Senate’s Minibus Falls Short on Spending Reforms
    The Senate’s “minibus” spending bill lumps together three appropriations bills—Commerce/Justice/Science, Transportation/Housing and Urban Development, and Agriculture—into one funding bill. The proposed minibus bill (which has recently stalled in the Senate) not only continues to fund programs that don’t work; it actually proposes to toss them more money in the process. Just consider the $51.2 billion…
    Michael Sargent
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    Mississippi’s U.S. Senate Race Presents Referendum on Federal Spending
    Do Mississippians want more federal money or less government? That’s essentially the choice being offered to them in the June 24 U.S. Senate GOP primary runoff election between incumbent U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran and state Sen. Chris McDaniel. The winner faces Democrat and former U.S. congressman Travis Childers in November. Federal spending in Mississippi is not chicken feed. State Budget…
    Steve Wilson
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    Even Among Democratic Lawmakers, Support Grows for School Choice in Louisiana
    Only 8,700 students rely on Louisiana’s state public scholarship program to attend the school of their choice today, but the state’s lawmakers worked this session to expand options for additional children. The state legislature passed three school-choice bills pass this year, including a new public school choice program and modifications to existing programs. Gov. Bobby…
    Mary Tillotson
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