Donald Lambro

LAMBRO: Fragile stimulus pulse

The old saying that money isn't everything seems to epitomize President Obama's inept attempts to jump-start the economy by throwing two to three trillion dollars at it. Nothing appears to be working.

February 26, 2009

ANALYSIS: Obama initiatives create ‘uncertainty’

President Obama's financial-recovery initiatives are getting bad reviews from the constituencies that matter most in his attempts to pull the nation's sputtering economy out of its nose dive - consumers and the stock markets.

February 26, 2009

BREITBART: ‘And now for something completely different, please’

As CPAC begins in the nation's capital later this week, the conservative movement has much to contemplate as it attempts to reestablish itself as a dominant force in American political life.

February 23, 2009

LAMBRO: Tamed deficit tigers

The House's Blue Dog Democrats like to pretend they are the deficit tigers of Congress, determined to stop runaway spending and stamp out waste, fraud and abuse.

February 23, 2009

‘Dire crisis’ spurs Maine’s Collins

Sen. Susan Collins, whose support for a scaled-back stimulus bill broke a Republican filibuster and handed President Obama and the Democrats a political victory, isn't the most popular person in her chamber's GOP caucus right now.

February 22, 2009

Pressure builds on Burris to resign

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and other Democratic officials called on Sen. Roland Burris to resign from the Senate, which is investigating him for perjury. The White House wants hi actions leading up to his appointment explained.

February 21, 2009

LAMBRO: Political buy-products

Just as the Democrats were getting ready to pass the $800 billion stimulus plan, President Obama gave the green light to water down the bill's "buy American" trade provisions.

February 19, 2009

LAMBRO: Don’t kill job creation

There are two fundamentally entrenched sides in the debate over the best way to get the American economy growing again.

February 16, 2009

Bill’s tax cuts underwhelm analysts

When the Tax Policy Center graded 17 key tax-cut provisions in President Obama's economic-stimulus bill last week, 10 received a C or D grade and none merited an A.

February 15, 2009

Moderate GOP senators gain upper hand

The role of three Senate Republicans who helped dictate the scaled-down size of the economic stimulus package has rankled some Democratic strategists and policy advisers who are forecasting more trouble ahead.

February 13, 2009

LAMBRO: Unconnected dots

President Obama seems unwilling to acknowledge that reasonable and principled people oppose his stimulus bill because they believe another approach will yield significantly better results.

February 12, 2009

BREITBART: The con artists have taken over the asylum

Can we all agree that the "hope, "change" and "transparency" part of the Barack Obama media carnival is officially over, and it's finally time that we start holding our new president accountable?

February 9, 2009

‘Pent-up fury’ at nominee tax woes

The number of smart, well-paid people President Obama has nominated to high government positions who have run into trouble over nonpayment of taxes mystifies tax-policy experts and infuriates taxpayers.

February 8, 2009

Stimulus package gets hard sell

President Obama and the Democrats are toughening their tone as public doubts grow over the economic stimulus plan, aggressively attacking Republicans in local ads and warning of the dire consequences if it fails.

February 6, 2009

LAMBRO: Tax dodge depot

It's a safe bet President Barack Obama will not be getting any awards from H&R Block for his administration's ability to sniff out tax dodgers among his Cabinet nominees.

February 5, 2009

GOP criticism of stimulus intensifies

Republican critics have escalated their attacks on President Obama's $819 billion economic-stimulus plan, buoyed by economists' skepticism and surveys showing public support for the plan to be thin, with a plurality of Americans thinking it would not help the economy.

February 2, 2009

BREITBART: The true face of Hollywood

Sometimes I just don't get the Republican Party.

February 2, 2009

LAMBRO: Rescue plan that won’t

The Democrats love the anti-tax-cut attack line "trickle-down economics." Well, guess what? That big-spending, government-stimulus bill that passed the House fits that description perfectly.

February 2, 2009

Stimulus plan stimulating enough?

President Obama's tax cuts for America's workers in the economic-stimulus bill making its way through Congress will mean about $10 to $20 more in weekly paychecks, though economists are divided over whether that will have any impact on the recession.

February 1, 2009

LAMBRO: Critical review missing

If you've been watching how the nightly news shows have been reporting (promoting?) President Obama's economic stimulus plan, is seems abundantly clear that no one questions the wisdom of his recovery package except the Republicans who apparently have no proposals of their own.

January 29, 2009