- The executive order to block funding to "sanctuary cities" has been placed on ice nationwide. The administration's response is precious: the ruling is "bananas".
- Trump, in his capacity as the world's greatest negotiator, has been forced to back down from demands that his wall gets funded in the funding bill due at the end of this week.
- Desperate to do something, he slapped an import tariff on Canadian lumber. It seems a bit rude to make it apply retroactively for 90 days, however. (I will grant that this has been a perennial thorn between the US and Canada.) Of course, as imports, the costs are passed on to consumers - in this case, mostly the US home-building industry. Great job, Trump!
- I guess Trump might be pleased that his nominee for the Secretary of Agriculture was confirmed by the Senate.
- This one slipped by me a few days ago, primarily because it only says "Make me a report". It ostensibly aims to identify complicated parts of the tax code with an eye to simplifying them.
- This one, signed today, has a little more meat to it. It creates a task force to look at improving conditions in rural America. Or, more precisely, to "identify legislative, regulatory, and policy changes to promote in rural America agriculture, economic development, job growth, infrastructure improvements, technological innovation, energy security, and quality of life". Some are pointing out that the administration is really only paying lip service to rural America, given their proposal to decimate the USDA budget.
Otherwise, we're expecting a much-anticipated tax reform proposal tomorrow. I expect it to be utter garbage. How about you?
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