by Jane Richey | May 23, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and military leaders implored conservative Republicans on Wednesday to approve a long-spurned high seas treaty, saying it would create jobs, open a new path to oil, gas and other resources and bolster national security....
by Jane Richey | May 23, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
A Pennsylvania company plans to invest $380 million to expand natural-gas pipelines in the state, and ultimately link to markets in New Jersey and New York. Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P., of Radnor, said Monday that some of the expansions to its Lycoming...
by Jane Richey | May 23, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Obama’s War on Coal has already taken a remarkable toll on coal-fired power plants in America. Last week the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported a shocking drop in power sector coal consumption in the first quarter of 2012. Coal-fired power plants are now...
by Jane Richey | May 23, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Across the Washington area last week, young workers from Europe arrived in droves, heading for jobs at community swimming pools. Lugging duffel bags, they filled out forms, picked up safety gear and chatted in a variety of Slavic languages, eager to plunge into a...
by Jane Richey | May 23, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Senate Republicans criticized the Obama administration Tuesday for paying a public-relations firm $20 million to highlight part of President Obama’s healthcare law. A Health and Human Services (HHS) official confirmed Monday that the department had signed a...