Tag: Joseph Lawler

Massive tax break package unveiled just before midnight

Massive tax break package unveiled just before midnight

Joseph Lawler · December 16, 2015 6:31 am

Investors have effectively taken it as assumed that Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen will raise interest rates. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

With rate hike expected, focus shifts to Fed language

Joseph Lawler · December 16, 2015 5:01 am

A new report highlights increasingly risky corporate bonds as a problem area for the financial sector. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Wall Street risks edging higher, government warns

Joseph Lawler · December 15, 2015 6:00 pm

High inflation continues to impact Americans.

Inflation ticks up to 0.5 percent in November

Joseph Lawler · December 15, 2015 1:34 pm

Outspoken conservative Paul LePage ran on a promise to reform welfare in 2010 and 2014, targeting abuse of and dependency on government programs. (AP photo)

How one state is solving the food stamp problem

Joseph Lawler · December 14, 2015 5:01 am

A policy rider on the fiduciary rule is "toward the top of the list" of priorities to be included in an omnibus spending bill, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, said Thursday.

Obama crackdown on retirement advisers in question

Joseph Lawler · December 11, 2015 5:01 am

A policy rider on the fiduciary rule is "toward the top of the list" of priorities to be included in an omnibus spending bill, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, said Thursday.

GOP will offer banking reform plan to counter Obama’s

Joseph Lawler · December 10, 2015 8:56 pm

Bank of America on Thursday squeaked by the Federal Reserve's stress tests for banks. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Bank of America passes Fed’s stress test

Joseph Lawler · December 10, 2015 3:40 pm

Applications for unemployment benefits rose by 13,000 to 282,000 in the first week of December, the Labor Department reported Thursday. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Jobless claims rise to 282,000, highest since July

Joseph Lawler · December 10, 2015 1:32 pm

"Today online commerce is responsible for hundreds of thousands of jobs," said Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon. "In my view, when you have something that works, that has stood the test of time, you ought to make it permanent." (Jin Lee/Bloomberg)

Congress to permanently ban Internet tax

Joseph Lawler · December 9, 2015 9:46 pm

In this photo from Nov. 3, 2015, wind turbines dot the landscape near Steele City, Neb. Renewable energy advocates say they're encouraged by a new push to expand wind energy in Nebraska, which lags many of its neighboring states when it comes to tapping the resource. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Horse trading in Congress: Lifting oil ban for extending wind and solar tax credits

Joseph Lawler · December 8, 2015 9:41 pm

The Tax Policy Center, a nonprofit think tank, estimated that Jeb Bush would cut taxes for everyone, including by an average of $800,000 for the top 0.1 percent of earners, if he succeeds in his Republican presidential bid. (AP Photo)

Analysis: Bush tax plan would add 50 percent to federal debt

Joseph Lawler · December 8, 2015 6:00 pm