Joseph Lawler

President Obama headed to Chicago for a birthday-themed fundraiser (ABC News) The “Super Committee” created by the debt ceiling deal…

The Senate will vote on the debt ceiling compromise at noon (TPM) The House left for August recess immediately following…

Reihan Salam thinks that the debt-ceiling spending cuts could represent the beginning of a Tea Party-led “right-sizing of government”: In…

The House will vote on the debt limit deal struck last night today (Bloomberg) Meanwhile, Syria faces its bloodiest counterprotests…

Overall, the debt deal struck yesterday between President Obama and congressional leaders seems to be a favorable one for conservatives….

In January I noted that real GDP had finally climbed back to its pre-recession levels, three years after the recession…

It now looks as though the House is poised to pass a version of the Boehner plan that would force…

Philip Klein argues that the Boehner plan was a costly waste of time.  Throughout the week, House Speaker John Boehner’s…

Charles Krauthammer explains that the debt ceiling negotiations are really about something much larger:  We’re in the midst of a…

John Goodman passes along an ominous graph showing health care spending projections before and after Obamacare:  The graph is taken…