EconomyCommentary
The House and Senate have now each passed different versions of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Both bills are a big improvement to America’s out-of-date… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Is it time for Congress to step in and dismantle Facebook, Amazon, and Google’s ever-expanding internet empires? In recent months, the left has raised sharp… Read More
EconomyCommentary
There’s a key reason two estimates of the economic effects of the GOP tax bill show only small effects: they’re largely ignoring the primary mechanism… Read More
EconomyNews
Ron Rubin, a lawyer and writer who used to work for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, discusses the nature of the federal agency with The Daily… Read More
EconomyNews
With government funds running out Dec. 8, House conservatives argue that lawmakers should boost military spending in a new funding bill. “We are breaking the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The end of the world is nigh. That at least is the message being spread by last-ditch defenders of the Obama-era “network neutrality” rules, which… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Senate version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has successfully passed both the Finance and Budget committees and is now on the Senate… Read More
EconomyNews
As the Senate prepares to vote on a tax reform package, President Donald Trump called the vote a “moment of truth.” “In the coming days,… Read More
EconomyNews
With no Democrat senators signalling support for the tax reform bill and 51 votes needed to pass the measure, every Republican senator’s vote matters. With… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Congress is facing a budget deadline Dec. 8. Heritage Foundation’s Romina Boccia explains what’s at stake. Plus: the latest on the tax reform debate, and… Read More
EconomyCommentary
On Wednesday, two House Financial Services Committee subcommittees will hold a joint hearing about two bills, one of which is the Counter Terrorism and Illicit… Read More
EconomyNews
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai, in defending his proposal to do away with his predecessor’s 2015 net neutrality policy, made a not-so-subtle reference to… Read More
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SPRINGFIELD, Missouri— Noah Alldredge, a small business owner in America’s heartland, is speaking out about how he and his employees could benefit from tax reform.
EconomyCommentary
As president of the State Financial Officers Foundation, I have the privilege of working with some of the nation’s sharpest financial officers. They are not… Read More
EconomyNews
Recently appointed acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Mick Mulvaney instituted a temporary hiring freeze at the Obama-era regulatory body Monday but denied… Read More
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After nearly 11 months of careening from one disappointment to another, Congress is on the verge of a major breakthrough on tax reform. I won’t… Read More
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In America, everyone who can is expected to work. We don’t think of work as some kind of punishment but as an element of a… Read More
EconomyNews
A new director, short or long term, won’t be enough to address accountability problems at the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, critics said as a… Read More
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Obamacare’s individual mandate survived the Supreme Court’s 2012 ruling on the Affordable Care Act solely because the court interpreted the insurance requirement as a “tax.”… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
How will you fare if the GOP tax plan is enacted? Well, on net, most Americans will see a significant tax cut under the proposed… Read More
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The Trump administration continues to move on its campaign promise to restructure the North American Free Trade Agreement, with round five of NAFTA negotiations starting… Read More
EconomyNews
The chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers says if corporate tax cuts are signed into law, the gross domestic product of the United States… Read More
EconomyNews
The Federal Communications Commission will vote in December on a proposal to repeal Obama-era net neutrality rules. Shortly after publicly announcing the news, FCC Chairman… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Senate Finance Committee passed a version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act last week, which now heads to the full Senate floor for… Read More
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A new report from Congressional Quarterly indicates Congress will soon announce another backroom budget deal that would bust the spending caps set by the Budget… Read More
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Republicans have long been known as “the stupid party.” They do stupid things, such as waiting until mid-November to push a must-pass tax cut that… Read More
EconomyNews
New Jersey is potentially holding off hiking its income tax due to the possibility of the state and local tax deduction being eliminated in the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Editor’s note: With tax reform now in the Senate’s hands following passage of a House bill to overhaul the tax code, it’s a good time… Read More
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EconomyCommentary
On Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission—led by Chairman Ajit Pai—put a long-overdue end to a set of FCC rules that limit ownership of media outlets… Read More
