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Alex Garlick

@garlicksauce.bsky.social

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Author of "Pre-Existing Conditions: How Lobbying Makes American Health Care More Expensive." I research lobbying, legislatures and health policy. www.alexgarlick.com

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Alex Garlick @garlicksauce.bsky.social · Apr 14

Are lobbyists influential? The public sure thinks so, but applied political science since lobbying registration data emerged (late 90s) struggled to produce evidence that it does. In new review @wmjunk.bsky.social @heathbrown.bsky.social and I chart a wave of research showing that lobbying matters.

How Lobbying Matters | Annual Reviews

For decades, political scientists have struggled to provide empirical evidence that lobbying influences policymaking. A considerable gap arose between widespread public suspicions of lobbying and the ...

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Alex Garlick @garlicksauce.bsky.social · 17h

Republicans just cannot resist leaking the contents of a conference call while they're on the call. But yeah, this tactic seems like it's losing steam.

Alex Garlick @garlicksauce.bsky.social · 22h

Keeping the House out has been an interesting tactic. On the one hand, Johnson and leadership struggle to keep their conference's messaging together. But it's taken energy out of shaming Dems for shutting things down, which usually is the best argument of the ruling party.

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Alex Garlick @garlicksauce.bsky.social · 22h

"Concepts of a plan" is back baby!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

Alex Garlick @garlicksauce.bsky.social · 2d

Shutdown edition on this tweet

Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 2d

Lawless Russell Vought thinks he can nullify a law by deleting it from an FAQ

www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...

OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance

An Office of Management and Budget FAQ document now states that only excepted employees forced to work without pay are guaranteed backpay at the conclusion of a lapse in appropriations.

www.govexec.com

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 2d

ironically the question has never been more frequently asked

Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 2d

Lawless Russell Vought thinks he can nullify a law by deleting it from an FAQ

www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...

OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance

An Office of Management and Budget FAQ document now states that only excepted employees forced to work without pay are guaranteed backpay at the conclusion of a lapse in appropriations.

www.govexec.com

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Meg Linehan @meglinehan.com · 2d

Here we fucking gooooooo

Vermont Green FC @vermontgreenfc.bsky.social · 2d

Vermont’s women’s soccer story continues... 🏔️

Vermont Green FC has announced that the club’s women’s team will compete in USL W League as a founding member of the league’s Northeast Division.

Vermont Green FC to Join USLW as Founding Member of Northeast Division - Vermont Green Football Club

Vermont Green FC has announced that the club’s women’s team will compete in USL W League as a founding member of the league’s Northeast Division. Participation in the 2026 W League season is contingen...

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Alex Garlick @garlicksauce.bsky.social · 2d

This is a rich text from Rep. MTG for understanding the health care plank of the "populist economics" wing of MAGA.

Alex Garlick @garlicksauce.bsky.social · 3d

count me as skeptical that "unwitting insurance subscribers" were keeping those risk pools healthy though.

Alex Garlick @garlicksauce.bsky.social · 3d

yeah, for all the hubbub we never actually got a look at the individual mandate in action.

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Alex Garlick @garlicksauce.bsky.social · 3d

that was wild shit

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Phil Rocco @philiprocco.bsky.social · 3d

The thing that distinguishes Trump’s approach to federalism from that of his predecessors is that he rejects the ontological premises of federalism itself, primarily the premise that states are sovereigns in any sense of that term. /1

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Alex Garlick @garlicksauce.bsky.social · 6d

I will take a clipboard to the apple orchards tomorrow and get you some point estimates

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Alex Garlick @garlicksauce.bsky.social · 8d

To the extent the Democrats shutdown tactics over ACA subsidies makes sense, this is it. It could bring a looming wedge issue in the GOP conference to light.

Alex Garlick @garlicksauce.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks Carlos!

Alex Garlick @garlicksauce.bsky.social · 8d

I know right, my coauthor Ethan is a beast.

Alex Garlick @garlicksauce.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks Jen!

Alex Garlick @garlicksauce.bsky.social · 8d

excellent, there's an OSF link in the paper with the data, but shoot me an email if you run into any issues pulling it.

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Alex Garlick @garlicksauce.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks Bryan, it means a lot to hear that from you. I've heard your team unloaded parts of the project, but we should chat about how to keep building it with these tools.

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Bryan Jones @alongcamejones.bsky.social · 8d

This is an incredibly important new dataset. It will allow new research paths not available before. Moreover it continues the open access philosophy of Policy Agendas. Thanks Alex!

Alex Garlick @garlicksauce.bsky.social · 8d

For public policy scholars: JPIPE published our article that uses machine learning to code the universe of congressional and state legislative data since 2009 by the Comparative Agenda Project policy codes. That's 1.68 million bills. OPEN-ACCESS here: www.nowpublishers.com/article/Deta...

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Alex Garlick @garlicksauce.bsky.social · 8d

The first 100 days of the Trump administration felt more destructive of governmental capacity than any shutdown I've observed, which also has changed expectations for what makes this shutdown newsworthy.

Alex Garlick @garlicksauce.bsky.social · 8d

It doesn't feel like either side is really putting its heart into this government shutdown. Especially with the House out of town.

Alex Garlick @garlicksauce.bsky.social · 8d

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Alex Garlick @garlicksauce.bsky.social · 8d

compelling argument

Alex Garlick @garlicksauce.bsky.social · 10d

The #GarlickBLT made it to Ohio today.

Anne Whitesell @annewhitesell.bsky.social · 10d

Today @garlicksauce.bsky.social zoomed into my health, advocacy, and policy class, and after I figured out how to work the audio, we enjoyed a great presentation and Q&A on the influence of lobbying in healthcare!

I expect book sales will soar.