House Freedom Caucus member Rep. John Fleming of Louisiana is slated to file a privileged resolution Tuesday to force a floor vote on the impeachment of Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen.
The Washington political establishment took its first conservative scalp of the cycle with the recent defeat of Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.), an outspoken member of the House Freedom Caucus.
This race is being used as a playbook to target other members of the group of about 40 fiscal and constitutional conservatives in the lower chamber, and those sharpening their knives aren't shy about it.
The Affordable Care Act appears to be in a death spiral, with a shrinking pool of insurers offering coverage, far fewer individuals purchasing insurance than advocates had anticipated, and double-digit price increases making policies unaffordable -- not only to many individuals and families, but to taxpayers, who are required to underwrite the hefty subsidies Washington promised.
For many people, the 9 to 5, office- or factory-based, corporate job that Dolly Parton lamented in the 1980s is a thing of the past. Thanks to revolutions in the way businesses operate and the costs of economic transactions, those workers now have flexible working hours, the ability to telecommute, or even to be their own boss. The dreams of a better life Dolly sang about are with reach for many. Yet government regulators using 1930s labor law threaten those advances.