Status Quo Is Broken for Young Adults
—[IMGCAP(1)]At the end of the legislative process, health care reform must be a good deal for 19 to 29 year olds, the most uninsured age group in the country.Here’s our list of the top seven things that
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Capitol Police Officer Is Arrested After Passing Out in Woman’s Bed
The woman told police she found him at about 1 a.m., when she returned to her apartment on North Randolph Street.McMahon, 34, was charged with unlawful entry.
Kling: Experts Knew What Went On
[IMGCAP(1)]Until quite recently, very few people were aware of credit default swaps, collateralized debt obligations, structured investment vehicles and other financial innovations.
HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Congressional Chuckles
[IMGCAP(1)]Although White House economic adviser Austan Goolsbee took the title, Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Wash.) and Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) were among the performers.
PBM Disclosure’ Gives Drugmakers and Drugstores Free Hand to Charge Higher Prices
[IMGCAP(1)]At their core, these “transparency— measures could force de facto public disclosure of sensitive drug-pricing information, resulting in drug manufacturers being made aware of their competitors
Huffington: Will Reform Just Be for Show?
[IMGCAP(1)]So the question becomes: Are we going to get real reform or are we going to get the D.C. version of “reform— — i.e., reform in name only?
Rubin: Crisis Threatens Security, Too
[IMGCAP(1)]Reflecting this new view, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair told Congress in February that the financial crisis was the “primary near-term security concern,— actually surpassing
Stelzer: Crisis Leads to Clear Solutions
[IMGCAP(1)]There will be no limit placed on the size of banks, so those who say “too big to fail— mean some banks are just too big and should be cut down to some lesser size.
Mason: Ratings Agencies Shirk Duties
[IMGCAP(1)]Policymakers have long been puzzled by ratings agency conflicts of interest.
Wartell: Too Much Faith in Free Market
[IMGCAP(1)]For the better part of the past two decades Wall Street and Washington, D.C., placed much faith in the free market’s unparalleled ability to foster innovation that would create wealth.
Oxley: Extra Regulation Won’t Work
[IMGCAP(1)]The meltdown was such a significant issue that it must be addressed by the Congress and the Obama administration.
Weinstock: Public Demands Disclosure
[IMGCAP(1)]Research by the Consumer Federation of America shows that consumers are tired of the tricks and traps laden in many financial products and services and want help.
Weissman: Industry Needs Reshaping
[IMGCAP(1)]This experience should have prompted a rapid and fundamental reshaping of the U.S. financial regulatory system and a restructuring of the industry to prevent a recurrence of the practices
Shapiro: Don’t Regulate Energy Market
[IMGCAP(1)]To an economist — and political observer — the effort in certain respects amounts to taking a step forward on a path that circles back around to where we started.
Photo From the Attic: A Plea for Ireland
[IMGCAP(1)]Amelia Rosser appears in the center of the car dressed as “Ireland in bondage— for this Capitol Hill parade that took place sometime between 1916 and 1921.
K Street Files: Hard Time
[IMGCAP(1)]McCollum’s bill, the Against Corporations Organizing to Rip-Off the Nation Act, would ban corporations “from receiving any federal contracts, grants, or funds— from the Department of Defense
Coakley Looks to Women to Even Massachusetts Money Race
Pagliuca is prepared to self-fund his campaign and Capuano had more than $1 million stockpiled in his congressional campaign committee before the Senate election even got under way.
Jackson Lee Bringing ACORN to CBC Meeting
Updated: Oct. 1, 2:52 p.m.Rep.
GOP to Offer Another Rangel Resolution
Updated: 1:41 p.m.House Republicans next week will again try to strip embattled Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) of his gavel. Rep.
HOH’s One-Minute Recess: One Love
[IMGCAP(1)]Official Washington faces in the audience included Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) and former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.).