Tag: Joseph Lawler

President Obama speaks to business leaders at the quarterly meeting of the Business Roundtable in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, to renew his calls for increased spending in infrastructure, education and scientific research. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obama calls on executives to lobby GOP against shutdown

Joseph Lawler · September 16, 2015 5:26 pm

Obama to Trump: America is great right now

Obama to Trump: America is great right now

Joseph Lawler · September 16, 2015 4:49 pm

U.S. poverty did not decline in 2014, despite the ongoing economic recovery.

Poverty unchanged in 2014, 46.7 million impoverished

Joseph Lawler · September 16, 2015 3:26 pm

The Labor Department reports on consumer prices for August on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Falling gas prices push down inflation in August

Joseph Lawler · September 16, 2015 12:32 pm

House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, smiles as he speaks the committee's ranking member Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., center, and Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

House panel to work on permanent tax breaks

Joseph Lawler · September 15, 2015 9:05 pm

JackÂ Lew said in a letter to lawmakersÂ that he would issue "additionalÂ targeted guidance to deter and reduce further the economic benefits of corporate inversions." (AP Photo)

Citing China, senators call for aggressive currency provision in trade bill

Joseph Lawler · September 15, 2015 6:44 pm

Obama to warn against shutdown at business lobby

Joseph Lawler · September 15, 2015 6:19 pm

Republican presidential candidate Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks during a town hall meeting Monday, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)

Business leaders cool to Walker’s union overhaul

Joseph Lawler · September 15, 2015 3:02 pm

If the committee announces no increase in its rate target Thursday, the most likely dissent on the "hawk" side would be from Jeffrey Lacker, the president of the Federal Reserve of Richmond.Â (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

Yellen likely to face first dissents of 2015

Joseph Lawler · September 15, 2015 4:01 am

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission building, Friday, June 19, 2015, in Washington.

Ukrainian bank to pay $30 million in press release hacking case

Joseph Lawler · September 14, 2015 6:50 pm

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, from left, with Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer, and the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System, presides over a meeting in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

The numbers that could sway the Fed

Joseph Lawler · September 13, 2015 4:03 am

Jeb Bush's tax plan includes a novel idea to end "marriage penalties", but some conservative tax experts think it could be a step in the wrong direction. (AP File Photo)

Bush attempt to end marriage penalty in taxes rankles conservatives

Joseph Lawler · September 12, 2015 4:01 am