The Paul Ryan PowerPoint presentation about healthcare is excellent
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The Paul Ryan PowerPoint presentation about healthcare is excellent

ByJosh Bernoff

Republicans attempting to repeal Obamacare and replace it with the American Health Care Act are taking a pummeling. Everyone from the American Medical Association and the AARP to the Tea Party Patriots have come down against it. House Speaker Paul Ryan took to PowerPoint to explain and defend the law, and his presentation technique was quite…

Hey Rep. Bob Goodlatte: can you strengthen ethics by weakening it?

Hey Rep. Bob Goodlatte: can you strengthen ethics by weakening it?

ByJosh Bernoff

House Republicans voted to rejigger (or as the headlines put it, “gut“) their independent ethics office; then, after heavy criticism from Democrats, Trump, and voters, said, “Nah, forget it.” What were they thinking? To find out, I analyzed a statement from Virginia Representative Bob Goodlatte, point man for the change. He’s mastered the Orwellian skill of calling…