
Catherine Rampell
Opinion Columnist at The Washington Post
Special Correspondent at PBS NewsHour
Evening Co-Host at The Weekend Show
Syndicated op-ed columnist @washingtonpost, commentator @cnn, special correspondent @newshour. Previously econ/theater NYT. Econ, immigration, tax, politics etc
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4 days ago |
washingtonpost.com | Catherine Rampell
You might have heard the riddle about the man who must row a fox, a chicken and a sack of corn across a river one at a time. Most combinations of these passengers cannot be left alone together, requiring a complex series of moves and countermoves. That’s essentially the situation with the House budget bill right now, except this Sphinxian conundrum remains unsolvable. House Republicans have given themselves a set of mutually exclusive constraints for their upcoming tax-and-budget bill.
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keysnews.com | Catherine Rampell
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1 week ago |
washingtonpost.com | Catherine Rampell
Trump demands wartime sacrifices — just not for himself (washingtonpost.com) Trump demands wartime sacrifices — just not for himself By Catherine Rampell 2025050612153100 President Donald Trump has opened a multifront trade war with every jurisdiction on Earth (including some uninhabited islands). So, perhaps it was inevitable that he would start demanding wartime sacrifices from his fellow patriots. Other countries have done so already.
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GOP's mutually exclusive constraints for their tax-and-budget bill: *cut taxes *cut spending (Medicaid, SNAP) *don't tick off their constituents, who would absolutely be hurt by Medicaid/SNAP cuts *don't raise debt limit https://t.co/r92ZHhinV7

RT @washingtonpost: Pope Leo XIV, the newly elected pontiff, must answer to at least one more higher power: the IRS. https://t.co/QcWqzizYI9

145% tariffs on baby strollers and dolls: OK 25% tariffs on Rolls Royces & Bentleys: much too high, cut those poor Bentley buyers a break

Trump says he personally intervened in the UK-US trade talks to take tariffs from 25 to 10 on British autos, citing Rolls Royce, Jaguars & Bentleys Says these are "some very special cars ... That's really handmade stuff ... I said yeah let's help them out with that one - that's