How Thompson Hurt His Own Prospects — and Helped Romney’s

Schumer Advocates for Many on Panel

Nov. 16, 12 a.m.

As Senate Majority Leader, Lyndon Johnson once said of the Joint Economic Committee, “It’s as useless as tits on a bull.” But as that panel’s chairman during the 110th Congress, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) seized the opportunity to elevate the traditionally low-profile post to the forefront of shaping policy. Read Full Article

Inhofe: Climate Bill Is a Costly Non-Solution

Oct. 19, 12 a.m.

No matter how many times Congress debates it, and no matter how environmentalists couch it, cap-and-trade will do virtually nothing to stop global warming, and cap-and-trade, as Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) said, “is a tax, and a great big one.” These are the fundamentals in the cap-and-trade debate, and Republicans must refocus on them. Read Full Article

It’s Time to Open the Fuel Market to Methanol

Nov. 18, 5:49 p.m.

Here’s a fact that is worthy of lawmakers’ attention: Methanol is currently selling internationally, without any subsidy, for $1 per gallon. Read Full Article

Tax and Trade: 10 Staffers to Know

Sept. 23, 12 a.m.

Sure, health care is sucking up much of the oxygen on Capitol Hill these days, but issues like tax and trade are never far away — or far from the minds of the movers and shakers on the Hill and the people who seek to influence them. Here are 10 staffers who play important roles in shaping tax and trade policies. Read Full Article

How Thompson Hurt His Own Prospects — and Helped Romney’s

Schumer Advocates for Many on Panel

Inhofe: Climate Bill Is a Costly Non-Solution

It’s Time to Open the Fuel Market to Methanol

Tax and Trade: 10 Staffers to Know

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