2 days ago · AAF experts provide clear, data-driven insight into today’s economic and domestic policy issues. Congressional Review Act Tracker for the 119th Congress Stay on top of which Biden regulations Congress is trying to repeal with AAF’s Congressional Review Act …

Feb 13, 2025 · The House and Senate Budget Committees have each released their fiscal year 2025 budget resolutions that, if adopted, would unlock the pathway for reconciliation legislation to implement some of President Trump's domestic policy agenda.

Jan 9, 2025 · AAF President Douglas Holtz-Eakin joins us to discuss the renewed interest in the United States’ long-term debt crisis and the current state of the economy. AAF products mentioned in today’s episode: In “The Progressive Mindset on Display,” Holtz-Eakin reviews the various strings attached to CHIPS and Science Act dollars.

Feb 28, 2025 · This week the president announced the creation of the “gold card,” a new visa that gives the wealthy permanent residency and a path to citizenship in return for $5 million. Details are scarce, but there are some important questions to be answered. First, CNBC is reporting that the proposal has a huge tax loophole: Currently, […]

Feb 20, 2025 · Executive Summary The House Energy and Commerce and Senate Commerce Committees each recently held hearings concerning, in part, the possibility of using the renewal of radio spectrum auction authority – and therefore the revenues generated from selling licenses at auction – as a pay-for in the upcoming reconciliation bill. The details of a spectrum auction […]

Mar 10, 2025 · Executive Summary. Among President Trump’s broad-based tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico – enacted March 4, 2025, then paused and delayed until April 2, 2025 – are 10-percent tariffs on Canadian crude oil and natural gas products and 25-percent tariffs on Mexican crude oil and natural gas products.

Aug 14, 2018 · AAF estimated this cost by dividing the ten-year premium cost projected by Milliman by the estimated total enrollment during that time. Total enrollment over the 10 year period was estimated using the 2018 Medicare Trustees Report and projecting enrollment for 2028 and 2029 using the average rate of growth expected in the 10 preceding years.

Jan 29, 2025 · EXECUTIVE SUMMARY According to the aggregated collection of self-reported estimates from federal agencies, the cumulative total of regulatory costs under the Biden Administration added up to more than $1.8 trillion – far exceeding any preceding administration on record. The Environmental Protection Agency was the main contributor of regulatory costs with …

Mar 30, 2014 · The variety amongst state minimum wages provides a natural experiment from which to learn. Nineteen states enforced minimum wages above the federal minimum of $7.25 per hour and thirty-one had minimum wages equal to $7.25 in 2013. This paper uses recent data to analyze the impact of raising the minimum wage on employment among the 50 states. The …

Jan 17, 2025 · Health journal Nature Medicine this week published the results of a new study that concluded the lifetime risk of developing dementia after the age of 55 is 42 percent – compared to the previous but less representative estimate of 33 percent for males between 65 and 100 – suggesting that the number of Americans who […]