former U.S. Representative from Texas
Phil Gramm and Jeb Hensarling explore the president’s authority to remove members of the Federal Reserve’s governing board. The Fed is independent only in its conduct of narrowly defined monetary…
Ellen Brown advocates for states to create government banks like North Dakota has. Her latest article appears on the progressive website Truthout, where it runs alongside a sympathetic interview with…
Joseph Lawler reports for the Washington Examiner on prospects for reform of the Obama era’s controversial financial regulations. The financial industry is bracing for a House Republican bill to replace…
Joseph Lawler reports for the Washington Examiner on U.S. House Republicans’ plan to target the controversial six-year-old Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation. This is a new tactic for the GOP. Congressional…
Joseph Lawler of the Washington Examiner reports on prospects for major change at the Federal Reserve. Rep. Kevin Brady hopes that significant reform of the 100-year-old Federal Reserve may be…
Former FDIC chair Sheila Bair writes in the latest issue of Fortune magazine about a potential odd couple to lead the pursuit of federal tax reform. Somewhere in the halls…
Lawson Bader of the Competitive Enterprise Institute sees evidence of a real-life Grinch at work as 2014 draws to a close. Bader explains in a column posted at Human Events.…
Larry Kudlow‘s latest column at Human Events represents the most optimistic assessment you’re likely to find about the Republicans’ opportunities after next week’s election. The idea that nothing much will…
In 2010, the Dodd-Frank financial reform law was passed and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was created. The funding for this bureau comes directly from the Federal Reserve and doesn’t…
Just when you think the federal government’s intrusion into our private lives couldn’t possibly get any worse — it does. As many as 227 million Americans may be compelled to…
Jim McTague of Barron’s devotes his latest “D.C. Current” column to the battle over reauthorization of the federal Export-Import Bank, with special emphasis on the Tea Party’s role in the…
Last Friday the Financial Services Committee in Congress sent out a press release stating they were going to begin a hearing series on the national debt. Hopefully this series of…