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Congress Is Using These Deceptive Tricks to Drive Spending Higher
Congress is up to its old tricks again, trying to pass another massive spending bill that uses gimmicks and tricks to push deficit spending even… Read More
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EXCLUSIVE: EPA Takes Steps to Ensure Regulatory Reforms Advance
A political appointee will become the No. 2 lawyer at the Environmental Protection Agency, in a change announced Thursday aimed at ensuring that someone committed… Read More
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How Congress Can Make Tax Cuts Permanent Without Worsening the Debt
The economy is thriving under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Wages are up, scores of jobs are being created, and small businesses are more… Read More
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Democratic Lawmakers in House, Senate Suggest Resurrecting Earmarks
Democrats are floating the idea of reinstating budgetary earmarks as a way to build support for funding the government on time, but some of their… Read More
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How Emergency Spending Has Exploded in Recent Years
Over the next several weeks, Heritage Foundation experts will publish short articles on the budget and federal spending. The next 12 months are a critical… Read More
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Passing Bills on Schedule Isn’t Enough. Policy Also Matters.
With the new fiscal year just two weeks away, lawmakers are about to vote on an $855 billion package, combining appropriations for the departments of… Read More
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Geoffrey Owens and Historic Unemployment Rate Reinforce the Value of Work
As summer winds down to a close, the economy continues to fire on all cylinders. According to the Labor Department, the national unemployment rate remained… Read More
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We Hear You: Bad Apples at the IRS, State’s Security Breach Under Hillary, and Other Runaway Agencies
Editor’s note: Poorly run government programs prompt many a comment from the audience of The Daily Signal. We’ve got some of those in this roundup…. Read More
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Americans Agree With Geoffrey Owens: There Is Dignity in Work
To some it may seem like a man-bites-dog story. Geoffrey Owens, a Hollywood actor famous for his role as Elvin Tibideaux on “The Cosby Show,”… Read More
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This 1 Move by the Trump Administration Is Boosting My Small Business
It’s been a banner year for small businesses, and this week was no exception. Small business confidence has now reached its highest level on record…. Read More
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If Congress Can’t Pass a Conservative Farm Bill, It Should Extend Existing Law
Congress should not rush to pass a farm bill. Lawmakers should seek to pass sound policy, not lock in bad policy for five years. This… Read More
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Why Small Businesses Are More Optimistic Than Ever Before
Small business optimism, as measured by the National Federation of Independent Businesses, hit an all-time high in August, shattering a 35-year-old record. The good news… Read More
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Trump Aims to Clarify Rules for Protecting Endangered Species
Lawmakers who passed the Endangered Species Act four decades ago inserted a “degree of ambiguity” in key terms that led to most legal controversies surrounding… Read More
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Tax Reform Spurs a Doubling of This Texan’s Business
Republican-passed tax reform has helped to more than double his supply company’s business, a Texas entrepreneur says. “The tax reform took our taxes from 34… Read More
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America Has Strayed From Founders’ Vision for Economic Freedom and Limited Government, Walter Williams Says
An author and economics professor warns that America must return to the Founders’ vision of limited government to preserve the economic future of the country…. Read More
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Here Are 3 Major Ways Tax Reform 2.0 Would Help Americans
The 2017 tax reform bill has been a boon for American workers. In addition to the average household’s $1,400 tax cut this year, there are… Read More
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Trump Received a Loss in Court Battle With Unions. He Should Keep Fighting.
President Donald Trump issued three executive orders earlier this year aimed at reining in the federal bureaucracy. But late last month, in a textbook case… Read More
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Norway’s Boardroom Gender Quota Didn’t Work. California May Try It Anyway.
From making war on straws to policing speech, California leads the nation in adopting half-baked ideas from Europe. The latest craze is a bill that would… Read More
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As Summer Comes to an End, the Economy Is Hot as Ever
The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced another solid jobs report Friday, reporting that in August, the U.S. exceeded expert predictions by creating 201,000 jobs. The… Read More
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Why Government Shouldn’t Tell Facebook, Google, and Twitter What to Do
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has summoned the CEOs of Facebook, Twitter, and Google for a hearing Wednesday about online political mischief by foreign… Read More
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Newspapers Win as Trade Commission Spikes Tariffs on Canadian Newsprint
American newspapers, their workers, and readers dodged a protectionist bullet last week when the U.S. International Trade Commission unanimously blocked the Trump administration from imposing… Read More
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How the ‘Uber Eats’ Mentality Pushes Millennials Toward Socialism
Need new headphones? Amazon. Need to get across town? Uber. Need a date? Tinder. Need to end world poverty? Socialism. What do these all have… Read More
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3 Reforms Conservatives Should Fight For in the Farm Bill
The House and Senate have passed their own farms bills and are currently working out differences to come up with a final bill. At a… Read More
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What to Do About the Growing Popularity of Socialism
Twenty-eight-year-old democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez jumped into the national spotlight when she defeated longtime Congressman Joseph Crowley in the New York Democratic primary in June…. Read More
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Chicago’s Risky Bid to Dig Itself Out From Massive Pension Debts
Imagine if Congress wanted to issue $4 trillion in new debt in hopes of leveraging it to help pay down its existing $16 trillion in… Read More
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In Ditching NAFTA, Trump Reaches Deal With Mexico, Invites Canada to Join
President Donald Trump called a new, preliminary deal with Mexico “the U.S.-Mexico Trade Agreement,” announcing Monday that he had kept a campaign promise to terminate… Read More
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3 Examples of How Social Security Robs Americans of Greater Income Before, During Retirement
Social Security takes a whopping 12.4 percent of American workers’ paychecks, but a new backgrounder by The Heritage Foundation shows that workers are getting a… Read More
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Court Order for EPA to Ban Pesticide Spotlights Need for ‘Transparency’ Rule
How can Americans be certain that scientific studies that are the basis of costly EPA regulations are accurate, and that the benefits of the regulations… Read More
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How International Tax Competition Benefits American Workers
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is continuing to produce tangible benefits for Americans, growing the U.S. economy and making it more competitive for business investment… Read More
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US Holds Talks With Chinese Officials as Trade War Looms
China’s Ministry of Commerce sent trade officials to Washington this week at the invitation of the United States. This is a welcome respite from all… Read More
