Two months ago, the House adopted a budget resolution that outlines the Republican majority's ambitious plans to slow the growth of federal entitlement spending. If implemented properly, entitlement spending restraint can address the long-term fiscal imbalance in a way that promotes economic growth and freedom.

In 2011, the United States’s sleepy free trade agenda finally got a shot of caffeine, but if the U.S. wants to seriously bolster its economy in 2012, policymakers ought to anchor their boats to the quay of an aggressive free trade agenda.

In anticipation of the upcoming vote on the War Powers Act resolutions in the U.S. House of Representatives, the following AEI Scholars are available for comment:

Obama has effectively nullified the War Powers Resolution, which requires the president to end hostilities within 60 days (with another 30 days to withdraw troops) unless he has received Congress's authorization. His administration's flouting of the WPR displays Obama's fundamental hostility to the regular workings of the political process established by the Constitution.

The Libyan war is tempting Republicans to sacrifice constitutional principle for partisan advantage.Congressional Republicans should not try to outdo Mr. Obama in a game of unprincipled one-upmanship.

The U.N. resolution could end up protecting Gaddafi and guaranteeing the survival of his regime.

As required by the Dodd-Frank Act, the FDIC and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors have issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) to implement the "Living Will" requirements of Section 165(d).

This analysis of the Public Citizen report and evidence collected in California and elsewhere reveals different and positive conclusions about the state of consumer arbitration.