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Inside the Cover: Why You Won’t Own Your Road

May 16, 2013
In this week's National Journal cover story, a look at how private companies are stepping in to fill the gaps in public projects, like highways, ports — even space-flight facilities.  
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Feinstein: Rogers a 'Respected' Contender for FBI

Stacy Kaper | May 15, 2013
The Obama administration is considering House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., for the top job at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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The New Urban Brand War: A Top-Level Domain for Every City on Earth

Henry Grabar - The Atlantic Cities | May 2, 2013
Craving a slice in Istanbul? Check out www.pizza.istanbul. Need a taxi in Tokyo? Try www.taxi.tokyo.
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Manufacturers Focus on Reforming Tax Code and Reducing Barriers to Trade

Catherine Hollander | April 17, 2013
Manufacturers are, naturally, the biggest stakeholders in the committee’s discussion of improving the manufacturing sector.
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The 50 Insiders Who Know Fred Upton Best

Amy Harder | April 17, 2013
Meet the 50 people inside the beltway closest to Upton. The list includes two former and one current Cabinet official, a handful of mostly telecommunications lobbyists, several current and former senior staffers, a Fox journalist and a smattering of other people from many walks of the Washington political life.
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Mark Sanford Attacks Elizabeth Colbert Busch in First General Election Ad

Sarah Mimms | April 17, 2013
Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is out with his first television ad since becoming the GOP nominee in the special election in South Carolina's 1st District, going after Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch for her ties to unions. {{ BIZOBJ (video: 4280) }} "Elizabeth Colbert Busch says she kno...
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Crowdfunding Everything From Solar Panels to Veronica Mars

Sophie Quinton | April 17, 2013
A growing number of online companies help connect entrepreneurs and borrowers with investors and donors.
Senator Tom Coburn

Time Running Short for Congress to Keep Student-Loan Rates From Doubling

Cory Bennett | April 16, 2013
Student-loan reform has emerged as one of the few bipartisan bridges in a budget battle marked by stark divides. But there is little agreement on solutions.
Dave Camp

Will Tax Reform See a Vote Anytime Soon?

Billy House | April 1, 2013
Despite pledges by the key chairmen in the House and Senate to move on tax reform, action is unlikely this year—and may not come at all in the 113th Congress.
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The FCC Race to Replace Obama's Top Tech Wonk Just Got a Lot More Interesting

Brian Fung | March 27, 2013
The odds of President Obama nominating a woman to head a top federal agency just got much better. Dozens of Senate Democrats have jointly sent a letter to the White House recommending that he name the FCC's Jessica Rosenworcel to succeed outgoing Chairman Julius Genachowski.
New U.S. citizens are sworn-in at an induction ceremony in Pomona, Calif., in January.

Big Labor and Big Business Have One Big Issue: Immigration Reform

Fawn Johnson | March 26, 2013
It's a sign of the times: Immigration reform is now the number one issue for both the AFL-CIO and the Business Roundtable.
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Inside the Cover: When the Whole World Has Drones

National Journal Staff | March 21, 2013
In this week's National Journal cover story, Kristin Roberts discusses the dangerous global precedent the United States is setting with its drone policy. In this video, go inside the story with the author herself.
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From Kennedy to Obama, A Look at Irish-Americans in U.S. Politics

Matt Vasilogambros | March 19, 2013
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Past U.S. Presidential Visits to Israel

Matt Vasilogambros | March 19, 2013
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Why the Trader Joe's Model Benefits Workers--And the Bottom-Line

Sophie Quinton | March 18, 2013
Companies that invest in higher salaries for low-level employees find success in a competitive market.
Pres. Ronald Reagan signs into law a landmark tax overhaul

Can a Pathetic Congress Really Pass Tax Reform?

Matthew Cooper | March 14, 2013
Despite all odds, some members of Congress still believe. NJ chats with one. 
Obama on Sequester

You May Be Right, Mr. President, But This Is Crazy

Ron Fournier | February 20, 2013
As the nation's chief executive, Obama is ultimately accountable for the budget fiasco, even if he is right on the merits and politics.
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Live Blogging the State of the Union Address

Niraj Chokshi and Brian Fung | February 12, 2013
10:40.Florida Senator Marco Rubio takes a break from delivering the Republican response to take a drink of water… 10:38. Rubio said that the economy shrank during the last three months of 2012. And, according to the government’s first read, it did. But first reads are almost always revised, a...
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Secret Memos Expose Obama's Double Standard on 'Targeted Killings'

Ron Fournier | February 5, 2013
For all the protests over Bush-era torture policies, where is the commensurate condemnation over President Obama’s justification for killing American citizens with no due process, no transparency, and no accountability?
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Demographer William Frey: 3 Must-Knows Regarding Immigration

Rosa Ramirez | January 30, 2013
Demographer William Frey spoke with The Next America on what pending immigration policies might mean to the nation’s future. 

Ports Matter Too

Fawn Johnson | January 28, 2013
It was Christmas Eve at my sister's house, where her twin three-year-olds vied for attention by hanging on the treadmill bars and the grown-ups quizzed me about whether the country would go over the fiscal cliff.
Sander Levin

Levin Indicates 2013 Tax Reform Not Likely

Stacy Kaper | January 15, 2013
Tax reform is not dead, but it certainly sounds postponed.  

Exodus of Baucus Staff

Nancy Cook | December 20, 2012
The Chairman of Senate Finance is losing his top tax people from both his personal and committee staff, expertise that will hurt if the committee plunges ahead with tax reform in 2013.

Is Washington Ready For a Carbon Tax?

Amy Harder | November 19, 2012
Should President Obama and Congress pursue a carbon tax?
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