Regulations

Ben Bernanke argued that the Warren-Vitter bill did too much to limit regulators' response to a crisis situation, saying that some of its provisions were "unwise" even if their inclusion was necessary to pass the legislation. (AP Photo)Â

Bernanke takes aim at Elizabeth Warren’s Fed bill

Joseph Lawler · May 15, 2015 5:24 pm

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 25, 2015, to discuss crude oil rail transport legislation. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Energy and Environment

Senate Dem bill to take shot at federal coal-mining program

Zack Colman · May 13, 2015 6:19 pm

Report: 3,554 new regs in 2014, 16 for every law, $1.8 trillion pricetag

Paul Bedard · May 12, 2015 1:12 pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sen. David Vitter, R-La., are teaming up on a proposal to change the way the Federal Reserve works, the latest bipartisan effort between the two senators with very different ideological backgrounds. (Getty Images)

Warren, Vitter team up on Fed reform proposal

Joseph Lawler · May 7, 2015 9:52 pm

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings speaks during a LG press event at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center for the 2014 International CES on January 6, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Internet, power industries not the same

Lance Brown · May 7, 2015 9:00 am

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, attends the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) at the World Bank-International Monetary Fund annual meetings in Washington, Saturday, April 18, 2015. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

‘Steps are under way’ to end too big to fail, Yellen says

Joseph Lawler · May 6, 2015 1:40 pm

Bernanke’s financial consulting roles draw heat

Joseph Lawler · May 6, 2015 9:00 am

Huckabee is the rare populist who wants government heavily involved in both economic and social issues. (AP Photo)Â

Beltway Confidential

Mike Huckabee, the anti-libertarian

Jason Russell · May 5, 2015 8:25 pm

Workers clean tarballs from the BP oil spill on Waveland beach December 6, 2010 in Waveland, Mississippi. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Energy and Environment

Administration’s answer to Gulf oil spill: More regulation

John Siciliano · April 22, 2015 4:12 pm

The government didn't settle the West. People did. (iStock Photo)

Where the West begins

Hugh Hewitt · April 19, 2015 9:00 pm

A woman stands on the porch of the Arundel Inn, across the street from the Bush compound, and looks through binoculars June 30, 2007 in Kennebunkport, Maine. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Maine innkeepers call for ‘level playing field’ with Airbnb; governor offers to deregulate everyone

Timothy P. Carney · April 17, 2015 2:36 pm

A man walks into an H&R Block on April 15, 2015 in New York City. April 15 is the deadline for filing federal income taxes. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Democrats team up with H&R Block to regulate away competition

Timothy P. Carney · April 15, 2015 7:16 pm