China’s Finance Minister Lou Jiwei and People’s Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan met their US counterparts, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew and Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, in Washington DC
There is no small irony that House Speaker Paul Ryan, who came in promising a new “inclusive style of leadership,” should find himself mired in the same bruising battles former
By this time next month, we will know two things, and which we think will likely lead to a third: *** Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will be the respective
Word is spreading quickly across the Hill this afternoon that the five way negotiations between the Congressional leadership and the White House may come together in an announcement as soon
With most Senate and House members flying in today for a return to session by tonight, we wanted to offer a quick update on three pressing issues, with none yet
At noon today, House Republicans will begin voting on their nominee to succeed John Boehner as Speaker. Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California is all but dead certain to be
There are indications this morning that House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan will soon give into the enormous political party pressures and announce he will indeed run in
The simmering feuds within the House Republican Conference that we warned earlier today (see SGH 10/8/15, “Capitol Hill: The Speaker Vote, and the Debt Ceiling”) were complicating Majority Leader Kevin
At noon today, House Republicans will begin voting on their nominee to succeed John Boehner as Speaker. Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California is all but dead certain to be
With all eyes focused on the contentious House Republican leadership elections just announced for October 8, it can almost be forgiven that after all the sound and fury over the
The political dynamics on Capitol Hill are fast moving on the stunning announcement by House Speaker John Boehner of his resignation effective October 30. *** While the House GOP has
The immediate fate of the stand-alone Trade Promotion Authority will be determined by a cloture vote in the Senate scheduled to begin at 11:00 this morning. The vote should provide
Within the last hour, the House voted by the narrowest margin possible, 218-205, to pass a re-drafted Trade Promotion Authority bill, which keeps alive the hopes of a fast track
California Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer and Kentucky Republican Senator and Presidential contender Rand Paul recently introduced their “Invest in Transportation Act of 2015” that would lower the federal tax to
It now looks highly likely that Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker will fall short of a 67 veto-proof majority on the current draft of his “Iran Nuclear Agreement
An expected scramble among Senate Democrats over who will succeed Minority Leader Harry Reid who announced earlier this morning that he intends to step down late next year may already
House Speaker John Boehner will find himself in a familiar, hopelessly impossible position this morning when he will face an open rebellion by his right-wing Tea Party faction during a
As immensely difficult and fraught with risks as it may be for the Federal Open Market Committee over the next few months in weighing the timing to a rates lift-off,
President Obama’s State of the Union address last night has been heralded by fellow democrats as one of his best speeches in recent years. The takeaways from his “the crisis
The single most important factor driving Congress to finally pass a budget for the fiscal year that began last October is how badly they all want to get out of
