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Lawmakers go before the House Rules Committee to prepare a bill for floor debate that would create a financial control board for Puerto Rico and restructure some of the U.S. territory's $70 billion debt, at the Capitol. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Op-Eds

Congress is partly to blame for Puerto Rico mess

June 13, 2016 4:04 am

The argument took place when Rep. Luis Gutierrez, left, told Rep. William Lacy Clay that the control board established by the House bill would cost $370 million. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

News

Gutierrez: Puerto Rico bill reveals double-standard for ‘brown people’

Joel Gehrke -

June 10, 2016 6:32 pm

News

Report: Deadbeat America drowning in credit card debt

Anna Giaritelli -

June 8, 2016 9:59 pm

Protesters express their opposition to the fact the the Federal Reserve bank bailed out Wall Street but not Puerto Rico outside International House in New York, where Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen appeared with former Federal Reserve chairs Ben Bernanke, Paul Volcker and Alan Greenspan. (AP Photo)

Magazine

Puerto Rico’s budget problems go back decades

Washington Examiner Staff -

May 23, 2016 4:01 am

Economy

House, Obama reach deal on Puerto Rico

Susan Ferrechio -

May 19, 2016 11:51 am

Congress created Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in past decades in order to pump up the housing market. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Columnists

Puerto Rico’s debt, Fannie Mae’s stock, and public-policy profiteering

Timothy P. Carney -

May 18, 2016 12:20 am

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders said if the central bank could bail out Wall Street, it can bail out Puerto Rico. (Eric Rojas/El Vocero via AP)

Campaigns

Sanders wants the Fed to bail out Puerto Rico

Joseph Lawler -

May 16, 2016 5:07 pm

Magazine

Giving Our Lenders a Haircut?

Andrew Stuttaford -

May 13, 2016 5:29 am

The federal government is on pace to run a $616 billion deficit for 2016, the Treasury projected. (Ken Cedeno/Bloomberg News, File)

Economy

Deficit up $72 billion so far in 2016

Joseph Lawler -

May 11, 2016 7:13 pm

Donald Trump’s Plan to Destroy the U.S. Economy

Jim Swift -

May 6, 2016 7:33 pm

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