by Gordon Hensley | May 10, 2024 | advocacy, Business, Communications, GOP Politics, lobbying, U.S. House, U.S. Senate |
It’s been almost 40 years since then-Wall Street Journal stars Jeff Birnbaum and Alan Murray wrote their seminal 1987 masterpiece Showdown at Gucci Gulch detailing passage of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 — the single most sweeping U.S. tax...
by Gordon Hensley | Oct 28, 2019 | advocacy, Business, GOP Politics, health care, Health Reform
As a Republican and admitted ideologue when it comes to assigning blame to “big government” and “regulatory overreach” for many of the nation’s ills, Axios points out today that, “Private equity firms don’t just own physician...
by Gordon Hensley | Mar 26, 2019 | advocacy, Business, GOP Politics, health care, lobbying, Pharmaceutical
This more of an addenda to my last post noting how PBMs have, to their detriment, ended up on Sen. Grassley’s radar screen. Now Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), up for reelection this cycle, has weighed in: “The whole rebate thing just looks kind of — well...
by Gordon Hensley | Mar 15, 2018 | Campaign 2018, GOP Politics, taxes, Trump, U.S. House
Former National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) Chairman Tom Davis remains one of the smartest, savviest, streetwise political wise men in Washington — and he landed over at MSNBC yesterday to talk with Chuck Todd on Meet the Press Daily about PA-18...
by Gordon Hensley | Dec 31, 2017 | Campaign 2018, GOP Politics, Trump
Ralph Northam beat Ed Gillespie. And that’s all that really matters as a tumultuous 2017 comes to a close. Prevailing in a brutal nationally-watched statewide — where “survivor” is a more apt characterization than “winner” — is a major achievement; incredibly...
by Gordon Hensley | Dec 7, 2017 | Business, GOP Politics, state government, taxes, Trump
Putting aside the policy and economic implications of the GOP tax plans — now heading for Conference — the political ramifications are clear: the GOP approach in its totality targets largely Democratic constituencies. Stephen Moore, an economic advisor to...
