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Letterman Mocks: ‘Congress Is Now Getting Ready To Take a Month Off. From … What?’
“They need to recharge their batteries for another year of gridlock.” >>> How Gridlock Is Stopping Congress From Making a Better Federal Budget
EconomyCommentary
“They need to recharge their batteries for another year of gridlock.” >>> How Gridlock Is Stopping Congress From Making a Better Federal Budget
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On the jobs front, it’s a story of not much better and not much worse. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ July employment report shows middling… Read More
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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a new report that examines whether “too big to fail” banks enjoy a cost advantage over smaller banks… Read More
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A Connecticut lawmaker hopes to open another front in the war on childhood obesity and diabetes. On Wednesday, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, a Democrat, introduced a… Read More
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Harry Truman once complained he wanted to find a one-handed economist because he was tired of asking a direct question of those on his economic team,… Read More
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The U.S. Senate must be suffering from lame duck amnesia. In last night’s debate on a Highway Trust Fund (HTF) patch, it approved an amendment… Read More
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Senator Rob Portman (R–OH) proposed reforms to Social Security and Medicare in The Wall Street Journal last week. Reforms to both programs “can not only… Read More
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The chairs of the House and Senate Veterans Affairs committees made a deal on Monday to authorize $15 billion in additional spending in response to… Read More
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One argument keeps coming up in favor of reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) is that letting the bank expire would amount to unilateral disarmament. This… Read More
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Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., who previously voted to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, told The Daily Signal this week he’s undecided about whether he’ll support the bank this time… Read More