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Conn Carroll

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Conn Carroll came to the Washington Examiner in April 2010, after serving for more than three years as The Heritage Foundation's Assistant Director for Strategic Communications.

While at Heritage, Conn created Heritage's rapid response blog, The Foundry, and its morning email product, The Morning Bell.

A native of Oakland, California, Conn first moved to Washington in 1996 to attend the George Washington University. Since that time he has worked/interned for a member of Congress, a polling firm, a lobbying firm, a media firm, a federal agency, a federal court, and a litigation firm. Conn first entered journalism in 2006 when he joined National Journal's The Hotline.

Conn is a graduate of the George Mason University Law School and was a member of the D.C. Bar.

He lives in Fairfax with his wife and two children.
  • Conn Carroll: The Obama scandals' case for limited government

    Conn Carroll

    Published: Sat, May 18, 2013

    "It's an interesting case study, right," former President Obama adviser David Axelrod told the crew of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Wednesday, "because if you look at the inspector general's report, apparently some folks down in the bureaucracy, ya know -- we have a large government -- took it upon...

  • Marco Rubio’s immigration game plan

    Conn Carroll

    Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013

    After one full week of votes in the Senate Judiciary Committee, it is now clear that no major changes will be made to the Schumer-Rubio immigration bill before it reaches the Senate floor. The fix is in. The Republicans members of the Gang of Eight on the Judiciary Committee, Sens. Lindsey...

  • Morning Examiner: Accountability, Obama style

    Conn Carroll

    Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013

    “The government generally has to conduct itself in a way that is true to the public trust,” President Obama said from the East Room of the White House Wednesday. “That’s especially true for the IRS. “So, here’s what we’re going to do,” Obama continued. “First, we’re going...

  • Graham admits Schumer-Rubio visa exit system is 'just a piece of paper'

    Conn Carroll

    Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013

    Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., one of two Republican Gang of Eight members on the Senate Judiciary Committee, admitted today that the visa entry and exit system in the Schumer-Rubio immigration bill is just “a piece of paper.” “Sen. Cornyn, I want you to know that if it were left up to me...

  • Morning Examiner: The White House strikes back

    Conn Carroll

    Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013

    President Obama fought back against all three major scandals dominating Washington Wednesday, providing his defenders with fresh talking points on each issue. Obama’s pushback On the IRS scandal, Obama announced, from the East Room of the White House, that Treasury Secretary Jack Lew had...

  • Confirmed: Kathleen Sebelius is an IPAB of one

    Conn Carroll

    Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013

    Under Obamacare, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has the power to unilaterally set Medicare price controls should the Independent Payment Advisory Board fail to submit its own proposal, a Congressional Research Service memo confirmed this month. IPAB is the signature...

  • David Axelrod: ‘The government is so vast’

    Conn Carroll

    Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013

    On Morning Joe Wednesday, former Obama Senior Strategist David Axelrod essentially pleaded ignorance on behalf of his former boss when MSNBC host Joe Scarborough asked him what he would tell his University of Chicago politics class about the recent IRS scandal. “Well, look, it’s an...

  • Morning Examiner: Do the Obama scandals help or hurt the rest of his agenda?

    Conn Carroll

    Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013

    Tuesday night, at a Koch Industries-sponsored BuzzFeed immigration event, BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith asked the panelists whether the Obama administration scandals now dominating the news made passage of the Schumer-Rubio immigration bill more or less likely. The panelists unanimously agreed it made...

  • Don’t forget about HHS’ Obamacare shakedown

    Conn Carroll

    Updated: Tue, May 14, 2013

    As expected, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney fielded tough questions at his press briefing Tuesday on the big three ongoing Obama scandals: the false Benghazi talking points, the AP phone record seizure and the IRS audits of administration critics. All three scandals still have plenty...