Tag: Joseph Lawler

President Trump's suggestion that import taxes could be a way to get Mexico to pay for the wall would be an "elegant" solution to financing the project, House Speaker Paul Ryan said Friday. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Ryan: Import tax is ‘elegant’ way to get Mexico to pay for the wall

Joseph Lawler · January 27, 2017 9:02 pm

Economic growth slowed to end 2016, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Economic growth slowed to end 2016, 1.9 percent in fourth quarter

Joseph Lawler · January 27, 2017 1:32 pm

Breaking with precedent, Trump did not release his tax returns during the presidential campaign. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Trump critics plan to hold a protest march on tax day

Joseph Lawler · January 26, 2017 3:57 pm

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Jobless claims are running at a 44-year low

Joseph Lawler · January 26, 2017 1:32 pm

Liberal lawmaker Elizabeth Warren says HUD nominee Ben Carson gave her "written promises" and, therefore, accountability. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Warren defends vote for Carson amid liberal anger

Joseph Lawler · January 25, 2017 11:31 pm

The ad will run in states of Senate Finance Committee members who will vote on the Treasury nominee. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Liberal groups target Mnuchin vote with foreclosure ad

Joseph Lawler · January 25, 2017 6:11 pm

The stock market indicator hit the 20,000 mark partly in response to strong corporate earnings reports. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Dow hits 20,000

Joseph Lawler · January 25, 2017 2:31 pm

Norquist says the measure would raise costs for the middle class but thinks the tax package is pro-growth. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Grover Norquist blesses GOP tax plan with border adjustment

Joseph Lawler · January 24, 2017 7:16 pm

Senate Budget Committee members Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., left, and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., flank a large photograph held up that shows and compares Inauguration crowd sizes in 2009 and 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Jeff Merkley quizzes Trump budget nominee on crowd sizes

Joseph Lawler · January 24, 2017 6:54 pm

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, has been tasked with writing the GOP tax plan which would make it so that companies are taxed only on sales within the U.S. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP tax writer: ‘Severe consequences’ if Congress scraps border adjustment

Joseph Lawler · January 24, 2017 4:07 pm

The federal deficit will fall slightly in 2017 thanks to a shift in the timing of government payments, the Congressional Budget Office reported. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Budget office sees small deficit dip in 2017, then $9.4 trillion in 10 years

Joseph Lawler · January 24, 2017 3:00 pm

Mike Lee of Utah suggested lowering the U.S. statutory corporate tax rate to zero while hiking the tax on dividends to 39.6 percent. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Mike Lee: Eliminate corporate taxes

Joseph Lawler · January 23, 2017 4:53 pm