Dave Clarke

Policy Editor

Dave has covered Washington for more than two decades with much of that time focused on Capitol Hill.

Latest from Dave Clarke

The people who matter to Fed Chair Powell

You can tell a lot about what a person values and who they believe is important by how they spend their time.That brings us to Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell.

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How the CFPB tried to court JD Vance

The emails shed light on how the CFPB and Rohit Chopra have tried to make in-roads with Republicans like JD Vance.

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Lawmakers expect a bigger workload in a post-Chevron world

In short, Congress may have to be much more prescriptive in how it writes bills if it doesn’t want the details hammered out in the courts.

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GOP senators not on board with a weaker dollar

Weakening the U.S. dollar could be one of the most significant economic policies of a potential Donald Trump-JD Vance administration.

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FOIA files: Congress’ letters to the IRS

Here are some of the interesting tidbits we noticed in the logs assembled by the IRS, which summarize and track the status of correspondence.

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