Tag: Joseph Lawler

The group seeks to avoid congressional interference with the Fed's conduct of monetary policy, a stance that puts it in conflict with some of the ideas advanced by Democrats as well as Republicans. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg, File)

Chamber wants overhaul of Fed’s ‘black box’

Joseph Lawler · July 12, 2016 5:36 pm

Employees and media were told to exit the building and leave the block. A United States Capitol Police bomb squad arrived on scene. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

National Security

Ford congressional office building evacuated over suspicious package

Joseph Lawler · July 12, 2016 2:31 pm

The record high for federal debt held by the public was set at 106 percent of output in 1945, after the run-up in defense spending for the military effort in World War II. (Scott Eells/Bloomberg, File)

Federal debt headed toward all-time record, budget office says

Joseph Lawler · July 12, 2016 2:01 pm

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and congressional Republicans agree on the factors pushing companies out, especially the high 35 percent U.S. corporate tax rate and the unusual practice of applying that rate to all worldwide income. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Businesses warn that proposed Treasury tax rule goes too far

Joseph Lawler · July 11, 2016 4:01 am

Revenue climbed 1 percent in the first three-quarters of the fiscal year, but spending rose 4 percent. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Budget office: Deficit up $81 billion in nine months

Joseph Lawler · July 8, 2016 8:50 pm

"We need to sell American all throughout the world," Rep. Kevin Brady says. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ways and Means chairman outlines disagreement with Trump on trade

Joseph Lawler · July 8, 2016 5:18 pm

Members of both parties have asked the Treasury to allow a longer comment period for the plan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Brady weighs legislation to stop anti-inversion rules from ‘dismissive’ Treasury

Joseph Lawler · July 8, 2016 5:02 pm

June's job gains exceeded economists' expectations for around 180,000 new jobs. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Job gains bounce back to 287,000 in June, unemployment at 4.9 percent

Joseph Lawler · July 8, 2016 12:32 pm

The fiscal 2017 financial services appropriations bill would cut $236 million from the IRS budget, part of a Republican effort to crack down on the agency. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

House passes bill with $236 million in IRS cuts

Joseph Lawler · July 8, 2016 3:11 am

Six senators, including Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Mark Warner, D-Va., wrote to Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt to warn him against re-privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as that would "perpetuate the pre-crisis practice of socializing losses and privatizing gains." (AP Photos)

Corker, Warner warn regulator not to free Fannie and Freddie

Joseph Lawler · July 7, 2016 8:36 pm

Jason Furman warned that the introduction of robots could push down on employment and labor force participation in the short term as workers find themselves losing jobs and searching for new ones. (Matthew Busch/Bloomberg, File)

Obama adviser warns that robots could worsen inequality

Joseph Lawler · July 7, 2016 2:59 pm

Sen. Marco Rubio introduced legislation to block any possibility that a pending $17 billion-plus deal between Boeing and the Iranian government could receive financing from the Export-Import Bank of the United States. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg, File)

Rubio aims to block Ex-Im financing of Boeing sales to Iran

Joseph Lawler · July 7, 2016 2:36 pm