Tag: Joseph Lawler

The country's biggest business group is speaking favorably of the Donald Trump phenomenon, at least for now.Â (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Chamber of Commerce sounds positive notes on Trump

Joseph Lawler · October 23, 2015 3:02 pm

Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, and Rep. Maxine Waters of California, his counterpart on the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter to congressional leaders and appropriators. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Banking Democrats: Don’t attach deregulation to funding bills

Joseph Lawler · October 22, 2015 10:56 pm

Unless the debt ceiling is raised, the Treasury doesn't have authority to borrow money by issuing more debt.Â (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Treasury cancels debt auction over debt ceiling fears

Joseph Lawler · October 22, 2015 2:45 pm

The U.S. Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits during the week ending Oct. 17 on Thursday. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Jobless claims scrape rock bottom at 259,000

Joseph Lawler · October 22, 2015 12:34 pm

Future graduates line up for commencement on campus of Yale University in New Haven, Conn., Monday, May 20, 2013.Â Republicans are working on legislation that would force the richest colleges to either spend more of their investment income on student aid or face higher taxes.Â (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

GOP targets Harvard-sized college endowments

Joseph Lawler · October 22, 2015 4:01 am

With the rules, a marriage of two people of the same sex will also be recognized for federal tax purposes.Â (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Treasury, IRS lay out tax rules for same-sex couples following court ruling

Joseph Lawler · October 21, 2015 9:22 pm

In a letter published on his site, Icahn lent his support to tax reform favored by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan and senators Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, intended to eliminate inversions.Â (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams, Tony Avelar)

Icahn announces $150m PAC to back Ryan tax-reform bill

Joseph Lawler · October 21, 2015 5:06 pm

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has told Congress that lawmakers have only until Nov. 3, less than two weeks, to raise the federal debt ceiling before he runs out of options for managing the debt.Â (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Here’s how the debt ceiling crunch will play out

Joseph Lawler · October 21, 2015 4:01 am

Of the two SEC candidates nominated by President Obama, one isÂ favored by liberals, the other picked by Republicans.Â (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obama nominates law professor, think tanker for SEC posts

Joseph Lawler · October 20, 2015 8:29 pm

Job market is healing and the population is aging, Goldman Sachs says. (Getty)

U.S. needs only 85,000 new jobs a month: Analysis

Joseph Lawler · October 20, 2015 5:51 pm

The Treasury Department said in its report that neither China nor any other of the United States' major trading partners manipulate their currency.Â (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Obama lets China off the hook for currency manipulation

Joseph Lawler · October 19, 2015 9:42 pm

"The right answer is not to 'recap and release' as some say," Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said Monday morning on CNBC. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner file)

Obama Treasury slams door on releasing Fannie and Freddie

Joseph Lawler · October 19, 2015 1:37 pm