Gerald Seib
Washington Bureau Chief and Columnist, Wall Street Journal
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Washington bureau chief of The Wall Street Journal and author of the Capital Journal column. Follow my writings, posts and appearnces at t.co/mWatcCEX.
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Good read: What tea party groups being scrutinized by the IRS actually experienced. on.wsj.com/17rY093 via @WSJ
Groups Recount Tax Battle's Toll
online.wsj.com — Linchpins of Liberty is one of as many as 400 groups, a number of which had conservative goals, whose nonprofit status was scrutinized by the IRS in what has become a growing Washington scandal.
White House political problem with IRS, Justice-phone records stories is they play into GOP critiques. on.wsj.com/10Ff1Fl via @WSJ
Controversies Play Into Conservative Portrayal of Obama, Democrats
blogs.wsj.com — The real danger for the Obama White House this week lies not so much in any of the individual storms passing overhead, but in the danger that they play into the picture of the administration that the president's conservative critics have been trying to paint for more than four years now.
Big insurnace cos. fight Obamacare tax on premiums--by giving $850K to more popular small business lobby to help. nationaljournal.com/daily/how-much…
How Much Big Insurance Paid a Small-Business Group to Fight a Premium Tax
nationaljournal.com — The nation's leading health insurance industry group gave $850,000 to a top small-business trade association as part of a campaign to repeal a key provision of President Obama's health care law, National Journal Daily has learned.
DC dysfunction: 10% of federal judgeships empty, some since 2005. Nominees wait 200+ days. My latest. on.wsj.com/17m352G via @WSJ
Judicial Vacancies Typify Capital Dysfunction
online.wsj.com — The epidemic of unfilled federal judicial seats-10% are now empty, some for as long as eight years, and some nominees have been waiting two years for confirmation-may be the best illustration of how the Senate's dysfunction now affects all branches of the government.
DD dysfunction: 10% of federal judgeships empty, some since 2005. Nominees wait 200+ days. My latest. on.wsj.com/17m352G via @WSJ
Judicial Vacancies Typify Capital Dysfunction
online.wsj.com — The epidemic of unfilled federal judicial seats-10% are now empty, some for as long as eight years, and some nominees have been waiting two years for confirmation-may be the best illustration of how the Senate's dysfunction now affects all branches of the government.
How bad is the plague of federal judicial vacancies? 2 key posts have been vacant since 2005. My latest. on.wsj.com/17m352G via @WSJ
Judicial Vacancies Typify Capital Dysfunction
online.wsj.com — The epidemic of unfilled federal judicial seats-10% are now empty, some for as long as eight years, and some nominees have been waiting two years for confirmation-may be the best illustration of how the Senate's dysfunction now affects all branches of the government.
Looking for illustration/metaphor for DC dysfunction? Try10% of federal judgeships empty. My latest. on.wsj.com/17m352G via @WSJ
Judicial Vacancies Typify Capital Dysfunction
online.wsj.com — The epidemic of unfilled federal judicial seats-10% are now empty, some for as long as eight years, and some nominees have been waiting two years for confirmation-may be the best illustration of how the Senate's dysfunction now affects all branches of the government.
What we're reading at Seib & Wessel: Bernanke haters, Benghazi hearings' deeper meaning, Chicago education politics on.wsj.com/10DSush
WSJ's Hilsenrath on Fed's Yellen: "methodical," first impressed then-Sen. Obama with private briefing. on.wsj.com/17jkGID via @WSJ
A Top Contender at the Fed Faces Test Over Easy Money
online.wsj.com — The next chief of the Federal Reserve will decide when to reverse its easy-money policies, a judgment that could strangle the economic recovery if made too early or trigger runaway inflation if made too late.
U.S. government posts biggest monthly surplus in 5 years; deficit, debt ceiling dynamic shifting, a bit. on.wsj.com/10nQuDx via @WSJ
U.S. Post Biggest Monthly Surplus in 5 Years
blogs.wsj.com — The U.S. government posted its biggest monthly budget surplus in five years as record revenues bolster federal finances and push off a drop-dead date for the debt ceiling. The budget surplus was $112.89 billion in April, compared with $59.12 billion a year earlier.Sign up to discover more journalists who cover Business and Finance, Opinion and Editorial, Politics, Metro D.C. and more.
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