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Former Republican South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, president of the Heritage Foundation, speaks at the Heritage Action for America 2014 Conservative Policy Summit in Washington, Monday, Feb. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Conservatives don’t feel ‘well represented in Washington,’ Jim DeMint says

Brian Hughes · February 16, 2014 5:00 am

The economic agenda for Republicans for the rest of the Obama presidency should be blocking bad policy and sketching out an alternative for the future, says Stephen Moore, the Heritage Foundation's new chief economist. (Photo by David Shankbone)

Heritage’s Stephen Moore: Agenda for GOP should be surviving Obama, sketching out plan

Joseph Lawler · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

Brookings, a center-left research organization in Washington, has placed first on the list every year since 2009. (AP Photo)

Brookings takes top spot in ranking of think tanks

Joseph Lawler · January 23, 2014 5:00 am

The economic agenda for Republicans for the rest of the Obama presidency should be blocking bad policy and sketching out an alternative for the future, says Stephen Moore, the Heritage Foundation's new chief economist. (Photo by David Shankbone)

Wall Street Journal’s Stephen Moore joins Heritage Foundation as chief economist

Joseph Lawler · January 21, 2014 5:00 am

Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint on Tuesday urged Americans not to despair at news that the United States had fallen to 12th in the 2014 Index of Economic Freedom, marking the 20th anniversary of the project. (Alex Wong/Getty images)

Beltway Confidential

Jim DeMint urges Americans not to despair after U.S. drops to 12th in the Index of Economic Freedom

Charlie Spiering · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., says President Obama's latest anti-poverty plan isn't just a ripoff of his own, it also ignores the single most depressed city in the country: Detroit. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Rand Paul calls Obama ‘the most anti-choice’ president in his lifetime — on economic issues

Joel Gehrke · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

Hong Kong ranked first in the 2014 Index of Economic Freedom, as it has every year since the rankings began in 1995. (Thinkstock)

US falls out of top 10 in Index of Economic Freedom

Joseph Lawler · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

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Beltway Confidential

Washington is ignoring the most potent weapon in the War on Poverty

Mark Tapscott · January 10, 2014 5:00 am

Liberal activists across the nation have since 1994 demanded a âliving wage,â which, depending on who is doing the defining, means the amount required to cover the basic needs of an individual or family. (AP File)

Examiner Editorial: Heritage Foundation’s Index of Dependence exposes the ‘living wage’ lie

Editorial Writer · December 1, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, told the Heritage Foundation that "conservatives have to do more than pick a fight, we have to win a debate.Ã¢â¬Ã¯Â¿Â½ (AP File)

Mike Lee: ‘Conservatives have to do more than pick a fight’

Rebecca Berg · October 29, 2013 4:00 am

The Senate Conservatives Fund is refocusing on elections with a rush of endorsements in recent days, including one for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's GOP primary opponent, Matt Bevin.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Stephen Lance Dennee)

Senate Conservatives Fund looks ahead to future battles

Rebecca Berg · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

"My 80 percent friend is not my 20 percent enemy," said Ronald Reagan, who built a huge coalition of moderates, independents and conservative Democrats around his movement's conservative base. (AP File)

Tea Party conservatives should seek out more of Reagan’s ’80-percent friends’

Noemie Emery · October 22, 2013 4:00 am