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In this episode of the AAF Exchange, AAF President Douglas Holtz-Eakin discusses the debt-limit bill and other policy news you may have missed, from AI to WOTUS and prescription drug pricing.

AAF products mentioned in today’s episode:

• In “Highlights of the Fiscal Responsibility Act,” Vice President for Economic Policy Gordon Gray breaks down the key proposals in the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023.
• In “Permitting Reforms in the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023,” Director of Regulatory Policy Dan Goldbeck analyzes the permitting reform provisions in the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023.
• In “Thinking the Unthinkable: The Risks of a U.S. Treasury Default,” Gray explains the mechanics of how a debt limit crisis could unfold and walks through the enduring costs of a real or perceived default.
• In “Timely Thoughts on the Unthinkable,” Holtz-Eakin reviews the dangers of not raising the debt limit.
• In “AI Trending in Congress,” Holtz-Eakin discusses DC’s obsession with AI, leading to pressure to legislate, regulate, or otherwise dictate its development.
• In “A Wild Week for the EPA,” Goldbeck examines the regulatory impacts and changes of the past week.
• In “A Muddy SCOTUS Decision on WOTUS,” Holtz-Eakin discusses the recent Supreme Court ruling regarding Waters of the United States.
• In “Inflation Reduction Act: UK Case Study of Drug Pricing Limitations,” Director of Health Care Policy Laura Hobbs uses the United Kingdom’s drug pricing negotiation strategies as a case study to show what pitfalls the United States should avoid in considering similar policies.
• In “A Warning From Across the Pond,” Health Care Policy Analyst Jackson Hammond reviews the concerns regarding drug price controls through an exploration of the United Kingdom’s drug pricing schemes.
• In “Tailoring and the Regional Banks,” Holtz-Eakin explains why undoing bank regulation “tailoring” as a result of recent bank failures would be a mistake.

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