by Cormac Close | Jun 1, 2015 | Blog, Financial Reform
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unveiled a new set of proposals this past March to protect Americans from payday loans, a $27 billion industry offering short-term loans due the next payday. Now the industry is weighing in, saying that the rules would break...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 1, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
There is a new dispute over whether the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a "trade" agreement or not. One side says TPP is about trade, and sells it that way. The other side says that most of TPP is not about trade so it is important to examine the effect of the...
by Bill Scher | Jun 1, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
You might think a Republican governor in a swing state muscling through a top agenda item with a big bipartisan vote might generate some national headlines. But national Republicans are not interested in promoting what Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval just accomplished:...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 1, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
ALL HANDS ON DECK. This is not a drill. The vote in the House of Representatives on fast track trade authority, preapproving the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) before the public finds out what is in it, is coming up very soon. It is even possible it could happen...
by Dave Johnson | May 29, 2015 | Blog, Trade
The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported today that the gross domestic product (GDP) fell at an annual rate of 0.7 percent in the first quarter of 2015. Our enormous, humongous trade deficit is literally draining our economy. The trade deficit is because we import...
by Bill Scher | May 29, 2015 | Blog
In Politico Magazine on Thursday I wrote that the Republican National Committee strategy to seize control of the debates and use more conservative moderators may backfire, as Republican candidates have been regularly committing gaffes in the comfy confines of the Fox...
