September 4, 2019 What Would Trumpcare Look Like? Follow GOP’s ‘Choice And Competition’ Clues NPR By Julie Appleby Analysts on both sides expect concerns about health costs and health law to play a large role again in 2020. For Republicans, “the risk of doing nothing potentially leaves no port in a storm if the ACA is overturned legally,” [Dean] Rosen says. “But a more limited version, which is what most Republicans are for, is likely to be met with the same concerns. No matter what the president says, it won’t be enough for the Democrats.” Read the full article »
August 28, 2019 Sen. Alexander Releases Bipartisan Plan To Lower Health Costs, End Surprise Bills Kaiser Health News By Rachel Bluth “When you have a chairman and a ranking member that have worked together on a bipartisan package in the committee of jurisdiction, it always gives more weight to the product,” said Dean Rosen a former Republican senior health adviser and a partner at Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas. “Folks should take this package seriously,” he added. Read the full article »
July 8, 2019 THE ROARING 2020S: WHAT ISSUE WILL LIKELY DRIVE VOTERS TO THE POLLS? Matter of Fact By Soledad O'Brien Capitalism versus Socialism. President Trump is testing out a 2020 campaign strategy against the Democrats. Republican strategist Bruce Mehlman returns to talk about which economic message voters may respond to at the polls. Read the full article »
June 5, 2019 Trump turmoil keeps K Street busy on trade The Hill By Alex Gangitano President Trump’s latest actions on trade have roiled Washington and global markets but are proving to be a boon for K Street. Lobbyists who specialize in trade have been busy since Trump came into office, and the intensifying turmoil has more businesses turning to the influence world to help navigate the changes. Read the full article »
June 4, 2019 Market shouldn’t overreact to antitrust probes CNBC Mozelle Thompson, former advisor to Facebook and former FTC commissioner, and Bruce Mehlman, tech advisor and founding partner of Mehlman, Castagnetti, Rosen & Thomas, join “Squawk Alley” to discuss the impact of antitrust probes on the markets. Read the full article »
May 24, 2019 Trump Claims Democrats Want Socialism, But Many Actually Want To Talk About Capitalism NPR By Mara Liasson President Trump wants to make the 2020 election about socialism, but Democrats are having a debate about capitalism and how to make sure it provides broadly shared prosperity and economic mobility. Read the full article »
May 23, 2019 Sens. Alexander, Murray Release Health Legislation Targeting High Bills, Drug Costs Facebook Twitter Flipboard Email NPR By Rachel Bluth In a year already marked by a wide variety of congressional health care legislation, Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., on Thursday released the details of a plan they hope will help bring down health costs and eliminate surprise medical bills for patients. Alexander and Murray are the chair and ranking member, respectively, of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Read the full article »
May 9, 2019 Bruce Mehlman on The Roaring 2020s Matt Lewis and the News By Matt Lewis Bruce Mehlman returns to discuss his latest slideshow presentation: The Roaring 2020s: The Coming Decade of Disruption & Reform. Read the full article »
The Roaring 2020s and The Future of Capitalism Politics Inside Out with Chris Frates By Chris Frates Chris Frates talks to Bruce Mehlman, a Republican strategist and former assistant secretary of commerce under President George W. Bush. Mehlman lays out his argument for the role of capitalism shaping U.S. economic policy and technological innovation in the coming decade. Read the full article »
March 18, 2019 ESTABLISHMENT GATEKEEPERS ARE COMING DOWN; IS THAT A GOOD THING? Matter of Fact By Television Appearance Americans are placing less and less trust in traditional institutions. According to Gallup, that trust has been waning for at least the past 20 years. And that means rising political stars don’t need the blessing of the establishment to win elections. Soledad O’Brien sits down with Republican strategist Bruce Mehlman to talk about the rise of what he calls “permissionless politics” and the potential downsides. Read the full article »
March 15, 2019 Tech giants face new threats from the government and regulators The Economist Software may be eating the world, as the technology investor Marc Andreessen famously said, “but the world is starting to bite back,” says Bruce Mehlman, a lobbyist in Washington. Read the full article »
February 25, 2019 Smaller tax refunds (so far) are a big headache for Republicans Politico By Aaron Lorenzo Sage Eastman of Mehlman Castagnetti, a former longtime Republican aide on the Ways and Means Committee, said, “People were voting in 2018, so you party with bigger paychecks in 2018 and risk the hangover in 2019 and hope it wears off before 2020.” Read the full article »