Tag: Regulations

Republican presidential candidate former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks during a town hall meeting at The Music Man Square, Monday, Sept. 21, 2015, in Mason City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Jeb Bush takes aim at Dodd-Frank

Joseph Lawler · September 22, 2015 7:53 pm

"I'm proud to join Sen. Ernst and my Senate colleagues in preventing this harmful overreach and expansion of government jurisdiction from taking place." (AP File Photo)

Energy and Environment

Rubio joins push to block EPA water rules

John Siciliano · September 18, 2015 11:21 pm

A resolution introduced Friday by Gosar calls for the removal of Gina McCarthy as the administrator of the EPA for making false statements on multiple occasions during congressional testimony.Â (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Energy and Environment

Lawmaker seeks impeachment of EPA chief

Daniel Chaitin · September 12, 2015 6:57 pm

Rob Nichols, president of the American Bankers Association,Â spoke with the Washington Examiner after completing a West Coast swing to meet with state bank associations. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

‘Pedal to the metal’ against heavy regulation

Joseph Lawler · September 12, 2015 4:01 am

A letter written by four trade groupsÂ identified a sweeping banking reform package written by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala., as a "step in the right direction."Â (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Banking groups unite in call for relief

Joseph Lawler · September 8, 2015 11:21 pm

Jobberwocky Lives

Andrew Wilson · September 7, 2015 4:00 am

The Labor Department on Friday will end a 60-day period to accept public comments on its proposed rule to force businesses to pay workers more overtime.Â (AP Photo/Max Becherer)

Obama administration gives businesses less time to respond to new rules

Sean Higgins · September 4, 2015 4:01 am

Thomas Hoenig, vice chairman of the (FDIC), speaks during a Bloomberg television interview during the Jackson Hole economic symposium, on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015. (Bloomberg)

One tough regulator’s idea for easing rules for banks

Joseph Lawler · September 4, 2015 4:01 am

The two new rules come as both Democrats and Republicans are targeting a toxic wastewater spill that EPA caused in Colorado in August that polluted the waterways of three states. (AP Photo)Â

Energy and Environment

EPA issues new rules to protect drinking water amid toxic spill scrutiny

John Siciliano · August 31, 2015 7:13 pm

Navajo Nation Council Delegate Davis Filfred walks along the San Juan River, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015, in Montezuma Creek, Utah. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Energy and Environment

EPA carries on Obama’s contempt for rule of law

Washington Examiner · August 31, 2015 12:00 pm

Govt’s Attempt to Decrease Regs Adds $14.7 Billion in New Costs, 13.5 Million Burden Hours

Shoshana Weissmann · August 25, 2015 10:04 am

Ruben Castro, owner of La Fiesta Braval, a Mexican restaurant in Laurel, Miss., clears the tables during the lunch rush, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008.

President’s blacklist rule would hurt minority businesses

Alfredo Ortiz · August 25, 2015 4:01 am