United States Senator from Alabama
Congress is hard at work raising your taxes and increasing inflation, by preparing to vote on a massive $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill. The obvious pork is included as well.…
Virginia Aabram of the Washington Examiner reports on dubious elements of Congress’ latest spending plan. President Joe Biden has signed the omnibus spending law, which funds the federal government for…
Paul Mirengoff of the Power Line blog ponders the impact of age on the nation’s No. 1 deliberative body. The Washington Post reports that the current U.S. Senate is the…
We live in a world where data privacy is so important because of how many devices collect individual data. There is probably no more important area for data privacy than…
Kerry Picket of the Daily Caller reports that U.S. Senate Republicans are considering a rule change that would limit Democrats’ efforts to slow the legislative process. Although all presidential appointments…
The latest issue of Bloomberg Businessweek documents the electoral challenges Republican U.S. senators face from members of their own party. Alabama Republican Senator Richard Shelby, who boasts a score of…
The folks at Bloomberg Businessweek seem shocked that Republicans might take shots at big banks. When it comes to attacking Wall Street, no one can match Bernie Sanders’s conviction. But…
The 2010 Dodd-Frank Act was a major piece of legislation that regulated the United States’ financial sector. This session of Congress, Senator Shelby (R-AL) introduced a proposal to overhaul the…
Saw this article on the Wall Street Journal and thought it was relevant with there being so many small banks in North Carolina…. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R.,…
Joseph Lawler reports for the Washington Examiner that the Federal Reserve ought to fear more than just Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul. Members of the central bank, the White House and…
Daniel Wiser of the Washington Free Beacon explores the prospects for reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in a Congress run by Republicans. A Republican-led Congress will likely be…
Jim McTague‘s latest “D.C. Current” column in Barron’s takes congressional Republicans to task for playing politics with the Securities and Exchange Commission, though McTague admits that the GOP has some…