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UNITED STATES: Cities will hike taxes to fund pensions
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES205565
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Facing challenges from resurgent conservative parties and widespread unpopularity brought on by economic circumstances and voter apathy, the centre-left governments in both…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB230072
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Under the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) passed by the US Congress earlier this year, the oversight board can set the island’s fiscal…
The latest Republican effort to retrench Obamacare federal outlays and protections, the Graham-Cassidy bill, stalled in the Senate due to insufficient signs of support, with the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB224752
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UNITED STATES: Senate will re-write health bill
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES221120
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UNITED STATES: Senate may agree rescission this week
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES235519
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UNITED STATES: Congress will fumble Obamacare repeal
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES218610
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The AHCA is an intended legislative vehicle for the Republican vow to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act (ACA or ‘Obamacare’) that has been at the core of their…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB218621
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This follows the 116th Congress’s swearing-in on January 3, heralding a Democratic House majority and Nancy Pelosi's second term as House speaker. It also follows the January 4…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB241002
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The result was anticipated, not least as the incumbent US president’s party almost always loses congressional seats in midterm elections. Yet this makes the 2018 polls no less…