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Joseph Lawler

Joseph Lawler is the policy editor for the Washington Examiner, having previously been an economics reporter. Before joining the Washington Examiner, he worked for RealClearPolicy. He is a native of Massachusetts and a graduate of the University of Notre Dame.

The record high for federal debt held by the public was set at 106 percent of output in 1945, after the run-up in defense spending for the military effort in World War II. (Scott Eells/Bloomberg, File)
Economy

Federal debt headed toward all-time record, budget office says

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Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and congressional Republicans agree on the factors pushing companies out, especially the high 35 percent U.S. corporate tax rate and the unusual practice of applying that rate to all worldwide income. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Economy

Businesses warn that proposed Treasury tax rule goes too far

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Revenue climbed 1 percent in the first three-quarters of the fiscal year, but spending rose 4 percent. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Economy

Budget office: Deficit up $81 billion in nine months

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Economy

Ways and Means chairman outlines disagreement with Trump on trade

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Members of both parties have asked the Treasury to allow a longer comment period for the plan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Economy

Brady weighs legislation to stop anti-inversion rules from ‘dismissive’ Treasury

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June's job gains exceeded economists' expectations for around 180,000 new jobs. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Economy

Job gains bounce back to 287,000 in June, unemployment at 4.9 percent

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The fiscal 2017 financial services appropriations bill would cut $236 million from the IRS budget, part of a Republican effort to crack down on the agency. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Economy

House passes bill with $236 million in IRS cuts

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Six senators, including Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Mark Warner, D-Va., wrote to Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt to warn him against re-privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as that would
Economy

Corker, Warner warn regulator not to free Fannie and Freddie

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Jason Furman warned that the introduction of robots could push down on employment and labor force participation in the short term as workers find themselves losing jobs and searching for new ones. (Matthew Busch/Bloomberg, File)
Economy

Obama adviser warns that robots could worsen inequality

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Sen. Marco Rubio introduced legislation to block any possibility that a pending $17 billion-plus deal between Boeing and the Iranian government could receive financing from the Export-Import Bank of the United States. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg, File)
Economy

Rubio aims to block Ex-Im financing of Boeing sales to Iran

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