Joseph Lawler

Speaker of the House John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have announced their selections of Republicans to staff…

The Huffington Post has published the results of a Freedom of Information Act inquiry into Rep. Michele Bachmann’s requests for…

President Obama will travel to Springfield, Virginia to promote efficiency standards at a trucking company (Politico) Wisconsin holds recall elections…

The Federal Open Market Committee held its regularly scheduled meeting today, amidst of a number of alarming economic developments. The…

The administration will change the No Child Left Behind Act using executive waivers (Politico) The Dodd-Frank financial regulation bill unintentionally…

It’s President Obama’s 50th birthday. Republican candidates head to Iowa to campaign (New York Times) Oregon representative David Wu resigns…

Last night President Obama suggested to his supporters is that “the key is not to get too bogged down in…

Will the debt ceiling deal solve our debt problems? No, it won’t, and it doesn’t even address the driver of…

The next opportunity for Republicans to reform the federal government’s spending will be when the debt deal-mandated Super Committee forms…

Republicans cite Kenneth Rogoff, or at least Rogoff’s ideas, constantly. Rogoff is the Harvard economist who, with Carmen Reinhart, developed…