In CNBC, TRP’s Sola Discusses Impact of Trump Energy Export Deals on Maritime

This morning's "Morning Money" piece from Politico featured comments from Thorn Run’s Jason Rosenstock, who offers his take on the current state of play between both parties on the debt limit. “Democrats whose history under the Gephardt Rule shows they never wanted to make this a public issue, and who are tired of having to […]

The Week in Review Washington was abuzz as Congress returned from the Memorial Day recess with big-ticket items on its schedule. Namely, this included a House floor vote on a bill to revamp the nation’s financial regulations and the highly-anticipated testimony of former FBI Director James Comey in the Senate Intelligence Committee.

A big day in Washington will be marked by the highly-anticipated Senate Intelligence Committee hearing this morning featuring remarks from former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) James Comey. Comey has been asked to testify on his interactions with the President, particularly those related to the Bureau’s investigation of ties between the Trump campaign and Russian […]

The Week in Review With Congress on recess, the Trump administration took the biggest action of the week in Washington by announcing their intention to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement on climate change. The Agreement, signed by nearly every nation on Earth, set out voluntary carbon emissions standards to be met in […]

Our Take Monday, May 29th, in addition to being Memorial Day would have been the 100th Birthday of President John F. Kennedy.   As I was putting this week’s update together I may have scrolled through twitter a few times to procrastinate.   I came across the following – which I am assuming is true, because you […]

The Week in Review Health care developments dominated most of the week, as the Trump Administration asked for a continued hold in the House v. Price case on cost-sharing payments, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its latest score of the American Health Care Act (AHCA), and the White House released its proposed 2018 fiscal […]

Both the House and Senate have completed their legislative business for the week and neither chamber is expected to convene again until after the Memorial Day recess. When the lower chamber returns, they will be joined by their newest member, Greg Gianforte, who won a special election for Montana’s at-large congressional seat last night. The […]

Jet fumes are in the air as lawmakers hope to finish their legislative business today and leave Washington tomorrow for a weeklong recess in honor of Memorial Day. The House will consider two measures pursuant to a rule today, both related to this week’s theme of protecting children from exploitation. One measure (H.R. 1973) would […]

Looking Ahead Near Term Despite strong rumors last week, the Financial CHOICE Act will not be on the House floor this week.   Leadership was reportedly whipping the bill last week and it now appears that the legislation will be on the floor sometime in June. There are no hearings this week in the House Financial […]

It’s budget day in Washington as the White House is expected to release its full spending proposal for the 2018 fiscal year. Many details of the budget have already leaked, outlining significant cuts to the Medicaid program, agriculture subsidies, and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), while continuing to increase the budget for defense and homeland […]

President Trump is on his first overseas trip this week – visiting the nations of Saudi Arabia, Israel, Vatican City, and Belgium – but the White House will still make domestic headlines with the expected release of its complete budget proposal for the 2018 fiscal year. The initial “skinny budget” outlined in March detailed significant […]

In an Inside Health Policy article published yesterday, Thorn Run Partners’ Senior Vice President Shea McCarthy weighed in the potential auto-enrollment of individuals into health plans, an idea spearheaded by Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Susan Collins (R-ME) in their healthcare bill entitled The Patient Freedom Act. “Aside from helping Republicans improve the dismal coverage […]