House Speaker John Boehner – Schirach Report

The Iraq Crisis Proves That America Needs Better Intelligence and A Truly Bipartisan Foreign Policy The US needs a definition of the national interest that both parties can endorse. Right now foreign policy is just another tool to discredit your opponent

WASHINGTON – Beyond the severity of the crisis, there are at least two things emerging out of the Iraq debacle...

Obama Won The “Fiscal Cliff” Political Battle – He Convinced America That Problems Will Be Solved With Higher Taxes For The Rich – Very Clever, But Untrue – US Needs Entitlement Reform, New Taxes Will Solve Nothing

By Paolo von Schirach December 22, 2012 WASHINGTON – So far at least, it would appear that...

Beyond The “Fiscal Cliff” Artificial Melodrama, There Is The Serious Business Of Real Fiscal Reform And The Need To Improve US Long Term Economic Competitiveness – This Will Require Leadership And Political Courage

By Paolo von Schirach November 30, 2012 WASHINGTON – No way to know how the unfolding “Fiscal...

If There Is a Serious Crisis In Europe, Bad News for America – Economic Ties With Europe Are Huge – Problem Is That Washington Has No Tools To Protect US

By Paolo von Schirach September 25, 2011 WASHINGTON – Washington is hopelessly divided, while America is economically...

Debt Deal Discounted, Dow Jones Tanked – Markets Consider Possible New Recession – The Issue is De-Leveraging, Says Mohamed El-Erian of PIMCO – US Wants Foreign Entrepreneurs To Rescue America – Good Policy, But It Will Take Time

By Paolo von Schirach August 2, 2011 WASHINGTON – Whatever magic the August 2 Boehner-Reid-McConnell debt deal...

Boehner, Reid and McConnell Got a Deal To Raise the Debt Ceiling – An Unremarkable Spending Cuts Agreement That Changes Nothing Regarding The Direction Of US Spending – America Needs Serious Entitlement Reform – But The Politicians Will Procrastinate

By Paolo von Schirach August 1, 2011 WASHINGTON – And so, the last minute deal between Democrats...

Boehner-Led House Vote On Debt Only a Gesture – Senators Reid and McConnell Will Come Up With a Compromise – Serious Spending Reform Only After 2012 Elections – Meanwhile Urgent Issue of Sputtering Economy Will Not Be Addressed – Too Much Rancour in Washington

By Paolo von Schirach July 29, 2011 WASHINGTON – US House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner finally...