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

Republicans took charge of both the House and Senate last week for the first time in eight years. Last November’s sweeping victories powered the GOP to full control, as the 114th Congress convened on Tuesday. Vice President Biden gaveled in a new Senate, with 54 Republicans to 44 Democrats, two independents and a new majority […]

Speaker John Boehner won reelection despite the defection of 25 conservative Republicans.  While initial attention focused on the Speaker’s retaliation and the removal of certain members from the Rules Committee, if he were to channel his true Frank Underwood, then he would have rescinded the waiver that allowed Rep. Garrett to keep his chairmanship of […]

Congress returned from one of its longest end of the year recess’ in recent memory – all of two and half weeks – to begin the 114th Congress yesterday.  This will also be the first time in eight years that Republicans had majorities in both chambers, and so much attention has been focused on the […]

This post, penned by Thorn Run's Billy Wynne, originally appeared on the Health Affairs Blog.   In a recent Health Affairs Blog post, I explored the types of changes that might be made to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) if and when Congress decides to revisit the law in a bipartisan manner. While that day is likely […]

The 114th Congress convenes tomorrow and GOP leaders are preparing their to-do list for 2015, when they will control both the House and Senate. Republicans will hold 247 of the 435 House seats, the biggest GOP bloc in 84 years. In the Senate, the party will have 54 of the chamber’s 100 seats. The new […]

Last Tuesday, the Senate adjourned for the year, approving an omnibus spending bill, dozens of judges, many executive branch nominees and a tax ‘extenders’ bill during the post-election lame duck session. Senators left town, however, without approving terrorism risk insurance legislation (S.2244), electing to put off a vote until 2015. The Senate also voted 76-16 […]

In a rare weekend session, the Senate on Saturday night passed a $1.1 trillion government spending bill 56-40, sending it to the President Obama for his signature. The measure (H.R. 83) includes 11 appropriations bills that fund most of the government through September 30 and a continuing resolution (CR) funding the Department of Homeland Security […]

This past week may be remembered as the sunset of two well-worn political clichés.  First, the old adage about how “if you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made,” might no longer be possible in the modern media age as factions from both the left and the right continue to […]

Investment News posted an article quoting Thorn Run Partners' Jason Rosenstock.  The online publication, which dives into the investment world, was parsing out industry news from the so-called Cromnibus.  “It's going to be one of those high-level negotiations between the big four House and Senate leadership," said TRP's Jason Rosenstock. Mr. Rosenstock was commenting on riders that could be […]

Last Thursday, the House voted to bar the executive branch from deferring the deportation of undocumented workers, taking its first direct action against President Obama’s executive actions on immigration. The 219-197 vote was largely symbolic, as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has said he won't take up the bill (H.R. 5759) and the White […]

Once again Friday’s jobs number came in significantly higher than expectations.  While the Bloomberg survey of economists predicted an increase of 230,000 the BLS reported that the American economy added 321,000 plus added upward revisions from the previous two months totaling another 44,000 jobs.  While the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.8 percent, this marked […]

Today, at a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing, bipartisan support emerged for an extension of Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funding beyond Sept. 30, 2015, while members examined policy issues that could be addressed in any funding measure.  While Democrats were especially eager to express their support for a funding extension, pointing […]