President Obama's politically motivated deadlines for troop drawdown have already undermined the effectiveness of the surge.

On December 20, 2011 the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to implement the heightened supervisory standards and early remediation requirements that are intended to play a crucial role in achieving the aims of the Dodd-Frank Act. 

In the latest Political Report, American Enterprise Institute (AEI) public opinion expert Karlyn Bowman and researcher Andrew Rugg look at how President Obama stacks up against other presidents, how he does in key swing states, and what matters in the early states.OBAMA...

What do the first hundred days tell us about the future of the 112th Congress? This question will be discussed by a panel of seasoned operatives, including former congressmen Vic Fazio, a Democrat, and Vin Weber, a Republican; Janet Hook of the Wall Street Journal; and Norman J. Ornstein of AEI.

Gradually raising the early retirement age for Social Security from sixty-two to sixty-five would be a formidable solution to the long-term federal budget shortfalls by boosting the economy and federal tax revenues.

Raising the Social Security early retirement age from 62 to 65 in the United States would have a number of positive outcomes.

Raising the EEA may be one of the most effective options available for improving retirement-income security and would improve the federal budget in one year nearly as much as the recent health reform bill was projected to do over ten years.