By The Editorial Board
April 16, 2015
The big news Thursday was that Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee had reached a deal to produce a compromise bill that would give President Obama the ability to negotiate free-trade agreements with the rest of the world. The deeper news, in our view, is that there are still Members of Congress fighting free trade’s…
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By David Crary, Associated Press
April 9, 2015
Not so long ago, if foster children in Florida wanted to spend the night at a friend's house, the parents hosting the sleepover faced a criminal background check. Taking the kids on an out-of-state vacation required official permission from a state agency.
"That was ridiculous," said Mike Carroll, who as head of Florida's Department…
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Free Trade is a Winner in Recent Elections
By Bryan Riley, The Hill contributor
Riley is the Heritage Foundation's Jay Van Andel Senior Policy Analyst in Trade Policy.
In Georgia, Iowa, Massachusetts and North Carolina, the midterm elections proved that candidates shouldn't be afraid to talk about the benefits of…
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The New Congress Should Revive a Bill on 'Fast-Track' Trade Authority
By The Washington Post Editorial Board
Now that Republicans have gained control of Congress, no policy area is riper for bipartisan action than trade. President Obama’s trade representative, Michael Froman, is deeply engaged in trade-expansion talks with 11 Asia-Pacific nations, including Japan. A…
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a proposed free-trade agreement that will knit the United States and 11 nations of South America, North America and Asia more closely together, while providing a geopolitical counterweight to a rising China. The pact would be especially valuable because Japan is willing to join, which would require…
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Evidence of IRS hostility toward the GOP
CBS Evening News, 7/30/2014
Former IRS official Lois Lerner calls GOP "crazies" in email
NBC Nightly News, 7/30/2014
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America’s economic engine needs a jump start. Everyone agrees on that much. The Commerce Department reported Wednesday that U.S. production shrank 2.9…
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In President Obama's speeches this year, a steady theme has been creating jobs and economic opportunity for Americans. In his State of the Union…
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Mr. Chairman, the United States has a strong history of negotiating high-standard trade agreements that grow our exports and create jobs. Already, international trade supports more than 4.4 million jobs in California and 38 million jobs nationwide. We are in the midst of negotiating significant trade agreements with partners in the Asia-Pacific, Europe, and elsewhere. …
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The tax extenders are a group of approximately 50 tax-reducing policies that expire regularly. Congress has traditionally extended them just as…
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