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Conn Carroll is a senior editorial writer for The Washington Examiner and the author of its daily "Morning Examiner" feature and e-newsletter. His expertise and interests include immigration, administrative law, energy and federal regulation.

He has previously written for National Journal's The Hotline and served as assistant director for strategic communications for the Heritage Foundation. At Heritage, he created the rapid-response blog The Foundry and the foundation's Morning Bell email newsletter.

A native of Oakland, Calif., he is a graduate of the George Mason University Law School and was a member of the D.C. Bar.

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  • Heritage and its critics agree: Amnesty is a drain on taxpayers

    Conn Carroll

    Yesterday

    Shortly after the Heritage Foundation released its controversial cost-of-amnesty report, former National Economic Council Director Keith Hennessey wrote a highly critical response disputing Heritage’s final $6.3 trillion price tag. Thursday, Heritage’s Vice President, Domestic &...

  • With amendments, Senate immigration bill soars past 1,000 pages

    Conn Carroll

    Yesterday

    After two weeks of amendments, S. 744, the bipartisan immigration reform bill voted out of the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday night, is now more than 1,000 pages long, according to a committee aide. When the bill was first submitted to the Senate, it was just 844 pages. And the vast...

  • Obama refuses to meet border agents, invites illegal immigrants to Oval Office

    Conn Carroll

    Yesterday

    President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden met with three illegal immigrants who have been granted deferred action legal status in the Oval Office Tuesday. Meanwhile, Obama still refuses to meet with any border security enforcement officers about any aspect of immigration reform. “From...

  • Morning Examiner: Liberals turn on Holder

    Conn Carroll

    Yesterday

    Just one week ago, the Washington Post‘s Ezra Klein confidently assured his readers that “the scandals are falling apart.” Now, after another week of tough Congressional hearings and media reporting, it’s doubtful anybody believes that is true. Emerging from a White House meeting...

  • More than 100 conservative economists sign letter not endorsing Schumer-Rubio

    Conn Carroll

    Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

    Pro-amnesty Republicans are pushing a letter Thursday signed by “more than 100 influential conservative economists” that endorses “broad-based immigration reform.” It has been tweeted out by Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and Sen. Marco Rubio’s chief of staff, Cesar Conda. Problem is,...

  • Nation’s largest health insurer opts out of California’s Obamacare exchange

    Conn Carroll

    Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

    UnitedHealth, the nation’s largest private insurer, will not participate in California’s Obamacare health exchange, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday. Health insurance giants Aetna and Cigna will also opt out of Covered California, the state agency charged with implementing Obamacare....

  • Morning Examiner: Obama has droned more Americans than Bush waterboarded terrorists

    Conn Carroll

    Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

    President Obama will announce a new phase in his administration’s counter-terrorism operations Thursday, one day after Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter to Congress admitting that Obama’s drone program has killed four Americans, three of them by accident. President Bush’s...

  • Pro-amnesty Republicans cave on the welfare state

    Conn Carroll

    Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013

    “You don’t screw up your policies to fit a stupid government program,” amnesty advocate Grover Norquist recently told National Review in reference to welfare spending on low-skill immigrants, “You reform the stupid government program.” That is a nice thought … in theory.

  • Lobbyists love Schumer-Rubio

    Conn Carroll

    Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013

    It is still unclear if the 11 million illegal immigrants currently in the United States will be rewarded with amnesty later this year, but the Schumer-Rubio immigration bill that would grant them that amnesty has already provided Washington lobbyists on K Street with their big payday. At least...

  • Morning Examiner: Schumer’s Republicans help Obama advance amnesty in Senate

    Conn Carroll

    Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013

    To chants of “Si se puede” (Spanish for President Obama’s “Yes, we can!” campaign slogan), the Senate Judiciary Committee passed the S. 744 immigration bill out of committee Tuesday on a 13-to-5 vote. Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Jeff Flake, R-Ariz.; and Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, were the...


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