Regulations

The Food and Drug Administration is marching down a path that could see more than 99 percent of e-cigarette products taken off the market by 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Beltway Confidential

How the spending bill can save lives: End the war on vaping

March 12, 2018 9:48 pm

America's gambling industry predicts $10 billion will be bet on the March Madness college basketball tournament, nearly all of it illegally or off-the-books. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

Sports

March Madness will generate $10B in wagering. Only 3 percent of it will be legal.

Anna Giaritelli -

March 12, 2018 7:41 pm

The gun debate is too important for us to accept ignorance, and it can't be accepted when it comes from those tasked with explaining and drafting our laws. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Beltway Confidential

No one would accept, in any other national discussion, the level of ignorance seen in the gun debate

Becket Adams -

March 9, 2018 9:58 pm

This matters if we want to attract the best and the brightest to enter the highest levels of public service.

Economy

Senate takes first step to passing Dodd-Frank relief for smaller banks

Joseph Lawler -

March 6, 2018 4:32 pm

Business

Why a US economic bellwether believes the best is yet to come

James Langford -

March 6, 2018 5:01 am

Regional bankers contend that they are not Wall Street banks, and shouldn't be regulated as such. They don't compare in size to banks like JPMorgan Chase, which has over $2 trillion in assets, and their activities are closer to those of community banks than they are to the complicated financial dealings of Goldman Sachs or Morgan Stanley.

Economy

GOP’s diminished hopes for Dodd-Frank rewrite rest on Democratic help

Joseph Lawler -

March 6, 2018 5:01 am

The Congressional Budget Office estimates a new legislative package being shepherded by Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, would add a total of $671 million to federal deficits over the next 10 years. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Economy

Budget office: Senate bank regulatory relief bill would raise risk of a bailout

Joseph Lawler -

March 6, 2018 2:24 am

Randal Quarles, The Federal Reserve vice chairman responsible for coordinating regulatory policies, said banking agencies will

Economy

Trump administration prepping ‘material changes’ to key post-crisis banking rule

Joseph Lawler -

March 5, 2018 7:05 pm

Given the long list of more pressing issues facing the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, it seems an odd use of members' valuable time and of taxpayer resources to spend two hours exploring the federal regulation of mixed martial arts. (AP Photo/Gregory Payan)

Op-Eds

Congress should focus on cybersecurity, not mess with MMA

Travis Korson -

March 4, 2018 5:01 am

In the wake of another mass shooting, young Americans have flooded streets, capitol buildings, and D.C. demanding additional gun control measures. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Education

Government is not best done in a state of outrage

Washington Examiner -

March 4, 2018 5:01 am

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Tag: Regulations

How the spending bill can save lives: End the war on vaping

March Madness will generate $10B in wagering. Only 3 percent of it will be legal.

No one would accept, in any other national discussion, the level of ignorance seen in the gun debate

Senate takes first step to passing Dodd-Frank relief for smaller banks

Why a US economic bellwether believes the best is yet to come

GOP’s diminished hopes for Dodd-Frank rewrite rest on Democratic help

Budget office: Senate bank regulatory relief bill would raise risk of a bailout

Trump administration prepping ‘material changes’ to key post-crisis banking rule

Congress should focus on cybersecurity, not mess with MMA

Government is not best done in a state of outrage

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