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Illegal aliens already eligible for retirement programs, says Heritage Foundation critic

| Neil Munro
An entire family emerges from the bushes on the Mexican bank of the Rio Bravo on April 11, 2006 near Ciudad Juarez. Omar Torres/AFP/Getty Images.

Sparks fly as study authors debate amnesty

Revenge of the budget nerds

| Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Why Paul Ryan is a brilliant VP pick.

The president's budget is disappointing, unsurprising, and dangerous

| Douglas Holtz-Eakin

It fails to address America’s most pressing challenges at a critical moment in the nation’s history.

Gingrich calls for dismantling of 'reactionary socialist' Congressional Budget Office - TheDC

| Jordan Bloom
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Former House Speaker wants to dismantle Congress’ in-house think tank

The president is demanding that seniors fund his American Jobs Act

| Douglas Holtz-Eakin

A provision in the proposal would increase health care premiums for more than 17 million seniors.

Economists: Slow growth becoming more problematic - TheDC

| Alexis Levinson
Economy

‘I don’t think this is a harbinger of a double dip, but it certainly is not good news’

The EPA shouldn't regulate greenhouse gas emissions

| Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Why EPA regulations are the wrong way to limit carbon emissions.

What should we cut? - TheDC

| Peter Tucci

The Daily Caller asked pundits, policy analysts and activists which federal department or agency they’d most like to see cut. Here’s what they said.

The looming budget debate - TheDC Opinion

| Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Why the GOP’s new budget will face attacks from both the right and the left.

On Valentine's Day, not even Washingtonians are immune to Cupid's arrows - TheDC

| Alexis Levinson

TheDC asks Washington insiders (not named Chris Lee) what they consider to be a romantic Valentine’s Day

Businesses wary of Obama's new 'Startup America' program - TheDC

| Alexis Levinson

White House launches venture capital program, ‘Startup America,’ but many businesses just want a simpler tax code

Puppies, kittens, sunshine and infrastructure

| Douglas Holtz-Eakin

The public debate about infrastructure spending is completely unhinged from reality.

TheDC Morning: Social Security insolvency will be resolved in years-long cage fight - TheDC

| Mike Riggs

Read TheDC Morning: An unvarnished e-mail summary of what’s really happening in political news

FCIC conservatives: 'Too little,' 'too much' government arguments do not explain the financial crisis - TheDC

| Jon Ward

Conservative minority on Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission label final 500 page report ‘unbalanced’ in 27 page dissent

Why Obamacare must be repealed now

| Rep. Ben Quayle

The new law is holding back our job creators and suffocating our economy.

TheDC Morning: The fate of supply-side economics rests on Jerry Brown's shoulders - TheDC

| Mike Riggs

Read TheDC Morning: An unvarnished e-mail summary of what’s really happening in political news

For states, two paths forward in deficit drawdown - TheDC

| Jon Ward

State government choices lay out two potential paths forward for federal deficit reduction

The administration's abysmal defense of the debt ceiling - TheDC

| Douglas Holtz-Eakin

The Obama administration has constructed a political narrative that dispenses with facts and undermines confidence in the US economy.

All I want for Christmas... - TheDC

| Alexis Levinson

TheDC celebrity wish lists: from holiday blessings, to new tuxedos, to bin Laden supplying Palin’s bullets

Republican FCIC members attacked for releasing outline on time - TheDC

| Amanda Carey

After the FCIC’s Republican minority released an unofficial report last week, critics accused them of bypassing the bipartisan commission