Highlights: The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is lobbying Congress to extend temporary COVID-era premium tax credits, prioritizing increased insurance enrollment over economic sustainability. Extending these subsidies perpetuates market distortions, federal dependency, and inflation risks while masking the root…
Read moreThe Congressional Review Act (CRA) is a tool for Congress to nullify executive agency rulemaking. The Biden administration has already embarked on a $1.8 trillion regulatory expansion, a small portion of which could be vulnerable to disapproval under the CRA.…
Read moreHighlights With an incoming unified government, Congress is likely to consider legislation under the budget reconciliation process. This process can be used to overcome the Senate filibuster for budget-related legislation. Consistent with recent practice, Congress can use this process twice…
Read moreHighlights: The expiration of the TCJA will be the most significant policy debate on Capitol Hill next year. However, before Congress and the incoming Trump administration can meaningfully engage in the tax reform debate, it will confront a series of…
Read moreAs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to implement the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), a new court ruling continues to demonstrate the dangers of a law that has the ability to effectively ban the safe production and use of…
Read moreHighlights More than half of American households are invested in mutual funds, including passively managed index funds. Index funds have exploded in popularity: as of 2023 total assets in long-term funds stood at $27.6 trillion, of which 48 percent was…
Read moreHighlights American Compass has frequently critiqued alternative investment as part of its supposedly populist agenda. In so doing, it has mischaracterized the role of these investment approaches and their returns to investors. Notwithstanding the headlines, alternative investment serves an important…
Read moreInflation is the preeminent policy issue animating voters in the 2024 election. Under the current administration, inflation surged due to runaway spending, leaving workers measurably worse off. So far, Vice President Harris has proposed just another iteration of “Bidenomics,” with…
Read moreThe Biden administration appears to have not met a regulation it didn’t like. In less than a single term, the Biden administrated has already imposed nearly $1.7 trillion in new regulatory burdens, nearly twice what the Obama administration imposed in 8 years.…
Read moreIn the world of corporate governance, two firms wield an outsized influence: Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis. Together, these companies control between 90 percent and 97 percent of the proxy advisory market, guiding institutional investors on how to…
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