by Jane Richey | Jan 24, 2013 | Health Care
The American Medical Association praised the reintroduction Wednesday of a bill to repeal the controversial Medicare payments board in President Obama’s healthcare law. Rep. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) reintroduced his bill to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory...
by Jane Richey | Jan 23, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
Sen. David Vitter on Wednesday accused the White House of concealing the president’s regulatory agenda, and demanded information from the Obama administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA.) Vitter (La.), the top Republican on the Senate Environment and...
by Jane Richey | Jan 23, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care, Politics
A bill from Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) would order more than 30 federal actions to encourage healthier living, from a penalty on certain tobacco manufacturers to targets for reducing sodium in U.S. foods. Harkin, who leads the Senate Health, Education, Labor and...
by Jane Richey | Jan 23, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio is sticking by his “no budget, no pay” proposal, despite some griping within his conference that the plan is no good, and he seems to be bringing much of the conference along with him. In his first news conference of the 113th Congress,...
by Jane Richey | Jan 22, 2013 | Politics
The Obama administration is quietly allowing China to acquire major ownership interests in oil and natural gas resources across the U.S. The decision to allow China to compete for U.S. oil and natural gas resources appears to stem from a need to keep Beijing...