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Congress must weigh the few undesirable ISDS measures in the Trans-Pacific Partnership against the broader merits of most other provisions.

Congress should not lose sight of key conservative priorities as it considers whether (and how) to respond to the economic and fiscal crisis in Puerto Rico. The troubled territory has been a laboratory for progressive politics and crony capitalism for decades. Predictably, the government has smothered the private sector, and workers receive a lower share of income in Puerto Rico than in any of the 50 states.[1] Puerto Rico needs to be reformed, not rescued.

The Obama Administration’s controversial nuclear agreement with Iran dismantles the sanctions that forced Tehran to the negotiating table without dismantling any major element of Iran’s nuclear program. Centrifuges are retired but not destroyed. The illicit uranium enrichment facilities at Natanz and Fordow are constrained but not eliminated. The “anytime/anywhere” inspections that the Administration promised turn out to be “sometimes/some places” arrangements: U.N.

If the Shaheen–Portman bill saves money for families and businesses, Congress should question why taxpayer money is necessary to fund it.