Prospect Weekend Reads Week of January 16th Stories from the week you don’t want to miss!
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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy
speaks to the media, January 11, 2023, at the Capitol in Washington.
Turning the Debt Ceiling Crisis Against McCarthy's Republicans: Faced with a looming debt ceiling and the GOP's efforts to force extreme spending cuts, President Biden has an unlikely tool in his arsenal: constitutional originalism. Read Robert Kuttner on what options the president can take to avert disaster.
How Nevada Picks Millions From California's Pocket: It's not just the Getty family. The ultra-wealthy are hiding at least 10 percent of the world’s private wealth, taking advantage of specially designed tax laws in states like Nevada. Chuck Collins and Kalena
Thomhave have the story.
USDA Ignores Its Own Proposed Labor Standards: The USDA has yet to implement its own proposed labor standards for contractors introduced almost a year ago, continuing to work with contractors who have had major labor violations. Read Jarod Facundo and Luke Goldstein on what this means for competition in agriculture.
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