WG Economy: Three Factors That Will Impact Legislative Strategies In 2025

WG Economy | David Winston

October 9, 2024

We are one month out from the election, and regardless of the outcome, Congress will immediately face a series of big ticket legislative items: end of year spending bills, a January debt ceiling, expiration of 2025 provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, expiration of ACA subsidies and more. The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was Trump's signature legislative achievement, and the expiration of the individual provisions is heavily tied to the election outcome.

We are potentially headed for another divided government situation. Even if Trump wins, there are no guarantees about which tax provisions will be renewed. This is not the same Congress as it was in 2017, and the dynamics are likely to be different than they were in the initial passage.

WG Discussion Points: A Civil Debate?

Now That's An October Surprise

WG Discussion Points | David Winston

October 3, 2024

For this week's edition of Discussion Points, we are sending David's latest Roll Call column A Civil Debate? Now That's An October Surprise.

A civil debate? Now that's an October Surprise

Policy differences were the star of the Vance-Walz faceoff

Something weird happened in last night's high-stakes vice presidential debate. The country expected another unpleasant rhetorical rumble, but instead saw two political candidates engage in a civil discourse focused, for the most part, on policy.

In the weeks leading up to the VP debate, media stories anticipated the kind of personal attacks that characterized the earlier debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. It would likely be, the pundits thought, one gotcha moment after another, a rehash of every statement that could possibly be used to damage their opponent and make the electorate more unfavorable toward them. In other words, it would be one more "it's not about me' it's about thee" debate that voters have come to expect from political candidates today.

While there were certainly serious policy disagreements between JD Vance and Tim Walz, there were also moments of agreement, which both candidates verbally acknowledged. In the end, the debate seems to have resulted in an extremely unusual outcome. Both candidates walked off the stage last night having upped their popularity with the electorate.

Last Friday, Chairman David Avella and Fox News Contributor Richard Fowler joined Mike Emanuel on Fox News Channel's America Reports to discuss comparisons between the Trump and Harris campaigns. The discussion followed a rally in Georgia last week

where Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance spoke to an energized crowd.

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