Zach Moller

Senior Director @ThirdWayEcon & budget nerd | same @ blsky | always tired | tweets/opinions my own & possibly stupid

[Zach Moller @econwonk]

New budget reconciliation bill. new opportunity to re-up
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[Zach Moller @econwonk]

The Senate Byrd Rule explained (in gifs) a thread 🧵…

[Sam Ro 📈 @SamRo]

I was just thinking this

[Zach Moller @econwonk]

Every amendment during vote-a-rama will be set up by a unanimous consent request. If Tillis wants a vote or a promise of the vote he can object to his leader's UCs.

[Jarrell Dillard @JarrellTDillard]

Tillis told me that despite voting yes on the motion to proceed to the reconciliation bill, he has not gotten assurance from leadership his amendment will get a vote during the vote-a-rama.

[Steven Dennis @StevenTDennis]

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[Mike Bird @Birdyword]

I wrote about the Social Security trust fund this week, which is set to run dry some time in 2032-33. The fund has been saved before, notably in 1983 by a bipartisan deal that broadened the tax base and raised the retirement age. Ask yourself: can you imagine such a deal now?

[Zach Moller @econwonk]

Going to try to take a break from here for a little bit. Be well y’all.

[Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon]

When Eileen Higgins was in her 40s, she had a moment of existential reflection that changed everything - launching her out of her corporate career and into the Peace Corps. And eventually, mayor of Miami.

Excited to share our conversation:
https://t.co/pyaRQPIzDk via @YouTube

[Molly Reynolds @mollyereynolds]

@JNicholsonInDC OBBBA was generated by the FY25 resolution. Reconciliation 2.0 is being generated by the FY26 resolution. You'd still have an FY27 resolution available for 3.0 without having to wait until after Oct. 1.

(TBC, that doesn't touch the politics of 3.0, just the bites at the apple Q)

[Zach Moller @econwonk]

sorry to my staffer friends for posting this

[Zach Moller @econwonk]

vote-a-rama is an exercise in exhaustion. you need those folks up for 24+ hours to squash the UC requests

[Andrew Desiderio @AndrewDesiderio]

News: There’s a push to start the vote-a-rama during the *daytime* hours tomorrow because a bipartisan CODEL is scheduled to depart late tomorrow night for a multi-nation trip that includes a stop in Greenland

(Daytime vote-a-ramas almost always turn into nighttime vote-a-ramas)

[Stefanie Feldman @StefFeldman]

What should our tax and welfare system look like in a world in which AI has disrupted a significant number of jobs?

Submit your pitch: https://t.co/fTGNj46Sz1

[Zach Moller @econwonk]

@StefFeldman this was our take https://t.co/D1HK6DvVtW

[Zach Moller @econwonk]

i think it's really dumb the candidates can feed your emails from a bought list into substack as a way to spam you

[Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree]

Trump going after the Senate Parliamentarian. (Obama had nothing to do with her appointment in 2012.)

[Burgess Everett @burgessev]

Trump goes after parliamentarian — as he relayed to Thune on Monday per our reporting. Important note: parl struck down some major Dem priorities under Biden, including immigration reform and raising the minimum wage

[Anthony Adragna @AnthonyAdragna]

Thune on vote-a-rama: “We got to put together the substitute for the floor and get the text out, and then we'll see if people want to collapse time.”

[Richard Phillips @taxjusticewonk]

I say don't round. They choose $1.776 billion not because of any calculation of damages but because the President thought it sounded good. Let's not obscure that by rounding.

[Niskanen Center @NiskanenCenter]

We applaud the introduction of the Supporting Newborn Parents Act — a bipartisan bill in the House that would give new parents a $2,000 newborn tax credit. This would be a HUGE step forward for families, as @leahlibresco explains 🧵

[Erik Wasson @elwasson]

The ballroom section is in the Judiciary committee part of the bill

[Zach Moller @econwonk]

This is why debt is not some abstract Washington problem.
Rising interest costs are real money. And they can crowd out the investments families actually need.
We need a debt ⬇️ plan that protects growth and the middle class.
More here: https://t.co/nBwVeX2IMg 6/

[Zach Moller @econwonk]

The U.S. 30-year Treasury yield just jumped above 5.19%—the highest level since the run-up to the financial crisis.
That sounds like a markets story. But it’s really a warning sign for the broader economy. 1/

[Zach Moller @econwonk]

That’s the cycle to worry about:
⬆️deficits mean more borrowing.
⬆️borrowing can mean higher interest costs.
Higher interest costs leave less room for the things that help the economy grow.
Over time, that can mean weaker investment, weaker productivity, and weaker wages. 5/