2+ week, 14+ hour ago   (1680+ words) In 2003, I was working in the U.S. Senate when the Medicare prescription drug bill was passed into law. Although my boss, Sen. Jeff Bingaman from New Mexico, strongly supporting giving senior citizens enrolled in Medicare a prescription drug benefit, he ended…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago   (1262+ words) I think about my mother, who passed away in 2020, every single day. In both my personal and professional life, I try to channel her by asking myself what her advice would be. She was brilliant about so many things — literature,…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (12+ words) The National ID Card Congress Has Rejected Is Back Again brucelesley.substack.com...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1784+ words) On Tuesday evening, millions of parents watched the State of the Union the way you watch a weather report when a storm is coming – listening for the words that tell you whether your family will be okay. Will groceries get…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1474+ words) Washington, DC lawmakers did exactly what its citizens wanted: they used their own budget process to help their children and families by reducing child poverty in a meaningful, evidence-based way. And now Congress is preparing to undo it — not by…...