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“It’s a slow drum beat of states starting to consider ways to protect citizens’ rights,” said Albany Law School professor Ray Brescia.

Many provisions of that tax law expire at the end of this year — including the individual tax cuts for most Americans.

The options on the table: cut spending, default on the national debt, raise the ceiling — or eliminate it altogether.

With slim majorities, the GOP will likely lean on the budget reconciliation process starting next year. But what is that exactly?

The upcoming election could impact whether a provision of Trump-era tax reform is extended beyond 2026.

Nobody wants to take the blame in an election year.

Legal scholars and lawmakers are still trying to come to grips with the potential long-term consequences of the overturning of the Chevron deference, including what it means for state-level regulators.

The Supreme Court’s decision overturning the Chevron deference is a step towards rolling back the power of the administrative state, the origins of which go back more than a century.

The newly formed “Budget Lab” at Yale plans to focus on the long-term outcomes of proposed legislation.

The Social Security program is on track to burn through its savings account by 2035 unless Congress changes the law before then. Social Security faced a similar funding crisis in the early 1980s.