Bryan Berky

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Bryan spent seven years on Capitol Hill working as a policy advisor for Senator Tom Coburn and Senator James Lankford. During this time, he advised the senators on budget, tax, banking and government oversight issues and served as the senators’ lead staffer on the Banking Committee, the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, and the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee. Bryan has assisted in the research and drafting of numerous government oversight reports, including authoring an extensive examination of Congressional mismanagement of the National Park System. Bryan graduated from Oklahoma State University with a degree in secondary education and minors in history and geography. As a student, he spent four years on the OSU football team’s video crew filming practices and game tape for the coaches and players. Bryan remains an avid supporter of the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

College Admissions Scandal Calls Into Question Federal Higher Ed Policy

The recent college admissions scandal, in which several celebrities were caught bribing college officials to guarantee their children's acceptance, has heightened the debate about economic opportunity in America. Because while … READ MORE

Republican Indifference on Deficits is Empowering the Socialists

They say money doesn’t grow on trees but many of today’s leading progressives, including candidates for president, may beg to differ. An economic theory called MMT or Modern Monetary Theory, … READ MORE

What Republicans and Democrats Get Wrong About Work

Last month’s unveiling of the Green New Deal by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) has been generating a hefty share of reaction and counter-reaction. It was … READ MORE

Drunk on Debt

Per a slightly shorter tradition than the Irish holiday, Pursuit is publishing another edition of our Drunk on Debt waste report. We are $22 trillion in debt and have continual … READ MORE

New Report Finds Systemic Enforcement Failures Of Taxpayer Transparency Law

Two years ago, we teamed up with White Coast Waste to release “Ivy League Flunkers: Schools Fail on Federal Funding Disclosure.” The first-of-its-kind report examined whether Ivy League schools are … READ MORE

Federal Housing Reform Should Start with Removing Tax Deductions

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently complained that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act capped the deduction for state and local taxes (SALT) at $10,000. Cuomo claims to support progressive … READ MORE

What is a Cut?

Here are two headlines: “Budget Proposes $845 Billion Slash to Medicare Spending” “Budget Proposes 88% Boost in Medicare Spending” One would think these are competing budget proposals from two diametrically … READ MORE

The Trump Budget: Five Things to Like, Five Things to Loathe

The President’s annual budget is here. Contrary to some coverage, it’s not just an $8.6 billion wall funding request surrounded by 149 pages of gobligook. It is a visioning document … READ MORE