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Donald Lambro is chief political correspondent for The Washington Times. Donald Lambro's twice-weekly column, which he has written since 1980, appears in newspapers nationwide. One of the most frequently quoted political reporters in Washington, Donald Lambro has interviewed most of the major political leaders of our time and has covered numerous presidential campaigns. Donald Lambro has written widely about the government, the economy and social issues, and won the 1995 Warren Brookes Award for Excellence in Journalism.
Economic analyst and CNBC commentator Lawrence Kudlow has called Donald Lambro "the best political economic reporter in Washington today." Lambro earned a national reputation for his investigations into federal spending programs. The author of five books on government and economics, Donald Lambro wrote Land of Opportunity (Little Brown and Co.), an examination of economic growth and entrepreneurs in the 1980s. His FAT CITY: How Washington Wastes Your Taxes won national acclaim and the attention of President Reagan, who quoted from it during his 1980 presidential campaign and gave copies of the book to every member of his Cabinet.
Donald Lambro hosted and co-wrote the PBS documentaries "Inside The Republican Revolution" and "Star Spangled Spenders" and produced and moderated C-SPAN's "The Washington Times Forum." His commentaries have been heard on AP Radio and NPR, among others. A graduate of Boston University, Donald Lambro began his career as a reporter for The Boston Herald-Traveler and United Press International. His investigative series on federal spending programs, "Watching Washington," was twice nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Donald Lambro was named the Heritage Foundation's Distinguished Journalism Fellow in 1981.
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Donald Lambro (Feb 10, 2012)
WASHINGTON - Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum is the
GOP's latest presidential "flavor of the month," propelled by his
party's large bloc of evangelical and... more
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Donald Lambro (Feb 08, 2012)
WASHINGTON - President Obama seized upon last week's improved
jobs report as "more good news" on the economy, though the true
unemployment rate never made the headlines.... more
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Donald Lambro (Feb 02, 2012)
WASHINGTON - The Congressional Budget Office gave us a forecast preview Wednesday of the frightening fiscal catastrophe that threatens to engulf the government in a sea of... more
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Donald Lambro (Feb 01, 2012)
WASHINGTON - The Republicans' presidential primary slugfest has
all of our attention right now, but the general election race is
really the more interesting story.
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Donald Lambro (Jan 27, 2012)
There was very little that was really new in the president's agenda-setting State of the Union address to the nation Tuesday. Since when is it new when... more
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Donald Lambro (Jan 25, 2012)
WASHINGTON - It should be clear by now that Newt Gingrich,
despite his denials, was lobbying for Freddie Mac, the home loan giant
at the core of the subprime mortgage... more
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Donald Lambro (Jan 20, 2012)
WASHINGTON - Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney estimates
the federal tax rate he pays on most of his income is about 15 percent
because it comes from his... more
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Donald Lambro (Jan 18, 2012)
WASHINGTON - President Obama's puny election year plan to
consolidate a handful of government agencies and programs is about
three years and $4 trillion too late.
... more
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Donald Lambro (Jan 13, 2012)
You don't hear much about President Obama these days in the national news media because he isn't making very much news.
This is a presidency that appears to be... more
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Donald Lambro (Jan 11, 2012)
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney is taking a lot of heat from his Republican rivals, who question just how successful he has really been in turning small businesses into major... more
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Donald Lambro (Jan 06, 2012)
There were two notable changes in the contest for
the presidency this week. Barack Obama's job approval score rose and
the race for the Republican nomination appears to... more
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Donald Lambro (Jan 04, 2012)
WASHINGTON - President Obama and his top campaign officials have
mapped out a new 2012 reelection strategy: run against an unpopular
Congress.
Obama, whose job... more