May 18, 2018
Larry Smith has this week’s cover story, trying to keep up with trade negotiations with Mexico and Canada on NAFTA and separate discussions with China. Al Jackson checks in on the status of defense appropriation, and Todd Smith writes about the passage of a House bill for veterans and their families. The bill honors Senator John McCain, the late Senator Daniel Akaka, and Congressman Sam Johnson of Texas, who like Senator McCain was a prisoner of war in Vietnam. Steve Gordon tells us what he heard this week in Heard on the Hill. Dana Marston shares next week’s legislative calendar, as well as a few perspectives into renewable energy, growth in real personal income, and a little-known trade law the Administration is using to protect national security.