Archive for the ‘Wall Street Journal’ Category
-
10 Moments From 2014 Likely to Influence 2016 Presidential Campaign
Posted on December 26, 2014
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) Amid all the year-end roundups and look-aheads, what were the moments in 2014 likely to have the biggest impact on...
Read Story -
The Spending Battle’s Winners and Losers
Posted on December 15, 2014
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) So, now that we have dispensed with the “cromnibus,” who won and who lost in the latest budget battle? Here are my picks:...
Read Story -
Taming the Wild West of Campaign Spending
Posted on December 13, 2014
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) Over the objections of then-House Speaker Dennis Hastert (my former boss) and incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, President George W. Bush signed into law...
Read Story -
The Certain Benefits of Long-Term Tax Policy
Posted on December 11, 2014
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) When the president threatened to veto a congressional plan to permanently extend a tax credit for research and development, he did it...
Read Story -
How the GOP Gains From Focusing on Spending Now and Immigration Later
Posted on December 5, 2014
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) Amid tension over funding the government past next week’s deadline, Congress has invented a term that brings back memories of the...
Read Story