Budget Battles
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Speaker Johnson Sets Up Doomed Vote on Funding Bill
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A Turning Point in the Inflation Fight
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Trump’s Big New Tax Pledge
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Trump Says He Won’t Debate Again
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What Harris and Trump Said on Taxes and Healthcare
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Trump Pushes Republicans to ‘Close It Down’ as Shutdown Looms
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Kamala Harris Rolls Out More of Her Policy Agenda
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The Republican Retreat From Market-Based Regulation
By Mark ThomaDuring the debate over the repeal of Obamacare, Republicans made frequent reference to their desire for a “free market” for health care. This is consistent with the GOP’s long-standing support of...
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Who’s Watching Wall Street? The Feds Turn a Blind Eye to Goldman’s Game
By David DayenWhy are House Republicans working so hard to repeal Wall Street reform when regulators have shown so much willingness to neglect tougher laws?
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You Get What You Pay For: Banks Spent Billions on Lobbying During the Election
By Pete Schroeder, ReutersBanks and other financial companies expecting big benefits from Republican-led deregulation spent record amounts on lobbying in the last election cycle, according to an advocacy group report released...
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The One Way Trump’s Administration Really Is a Fine-Tuned Machine
By David DayenThe government-by-mood-ring fluctuations of the Trump presidency have corrected the myth that politicians conjure up devious plans to manipulate the public years in advance. It’s beyond clear that...
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Trump the Populist Is Trying to Hobble a Champion of the Little Guy
By Ciro ScottiAfter being bested by Hillary Clinton in a primary contest that saw the deck stacked against him by the Clinton Machine, Bernie is back in the Senate doing what he has always done for the past 30-odd...
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Overhauling Dodd-Frank May Not Succeed, but Also May Not Matter
By Liz PeekNancy Pelosi says President Trump’s call to reshape Dodd-Frank is a “massive con” and that he is putting #WallStreetFirst. Sadly, she has set the tone for Congressional Democrats, siding with...
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Populist on the Trail, Trump Pivots Toward the Banking Industry
By Rob GarverAfter a campaign spent railing against his opponent’s connections to Wall Street banks and promising to stand up for ordinary Americans against the moneyed interests holding them back, President...
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In the Trump Administration, Credibility May be a Problem
By Mark ThomaAs a department chair at a university, you learn that a promise from the Dean or anyone else in the administration is good for about five years. That’s approximately how long Deans last, on average,...
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Here’s Who Wins With Trump’s Order to Slash Regulations
By Rob GarverTrump on Monday morning signed an executive order on Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs. The order is unquestionably a gift to the business community, which constantly complains of...
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How the GOP Could Wipe Out Federal Regulations in One Easy Step
By Rob GarverA new interpretation of an old law may allow Republicans to wipe out decades of federal regulations. Congressional Republicans have been eager to dismantle many of former president Barack Obama’s...
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Trump Era Begins with Moves Against Regulations, Obamacare
By Rob Garver and Eric PianinPresident Donald Trump got something of a late start on Friday after an inaugural parade ran late and left marchers trudging past empty bleachers in the rain and dark. But on his way to a trio of...
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Why Trump Needs to Take the Economy More Seriously
By Mark ThomaDonald Trump tried to take credit for Sprint’s plan to create 5,000 jobs in the U.S. The plans were in place before the election, so there is some question about how much credit he should get. But...
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Trump’s Golden Opportunity: Slashing 179,000 Pages of Federal Regulations
By Liz PeekTo the dismay and puzzlement of disgruntled liberals, the Dow Jones Index has soared nearly 9 percent since Donald Trump was elected president on November 8. The Russell 2000 Index of small-cap...
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Not So Fast, Big Banks! Trump Says It’s Not Party Time Yet
By Ciro ScottiOn the campaign trail, Donald Trump repeatedly vowed to roll back Dodd-Frank, the package of regulations aimed at preventing another financial crisis by placing new strictures on banks. And while...
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Don’t Let the Bank Door Hit You in Your Wallet Pocket, Mr. Stumpf
By Ciro ScottiMr. Stumpf went to Washington (again) yesterday, and it wasn’t pretty. The Wells Fargo chairman and CEO appeared before Congress for the second time in the past couple of weeks and got bitch-slapped...