Daily digest – The economy’s guilty bystanders

What you need to know to navigate today’s most critical debates.

What you need to know to navigate today’s most critical debates.

What you need to know to navigate today’s most critical debates.

What you need to know to navigate today’s most critical debates.

What you need to know to navigate today’s most critical debates. Daley Stepping Down in Rare White House Shake-Up (NYT) Bill Daley will step down as chief of staff after having transferred key duties to Pete Rouse. Jack Lew will take over, vacating the top spot at the OMB and perhaps having all other staffers rotate [...]

What you need to know to navigate today’s most critical debates.

What you need to know to navigate today’s most critical debates. Financial Regulation: Back to the good ol’ days of 2008. (Washington Monthly) Roosevelt Institute Fellow Mike Konczal argues that if Republicans take the White House, the last few years’ worth of incremental reforms are as good as gone, allowing us the chance to relive Wall [...]

What you need to know to navigate today’s most critical debates.

What you need to know to navigate today’s most critical debates. 2011, The Year Washington Lost (HuffPo) While most Americans are returning to work, the members of Congress are still on vacation. As Zach Carter notes, they sort of earned it — it takes a lot of effort to get so much wrong. For 2012, Signs [...]