by Jane Richey | Mar 9, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care
A newly unveiled component of President Obama’s healthcare law forcing insurers to pay annual fees is sowing angst in state capitols, where officials view the provision as a $15 billion tax that could disrupt Medicaid programs and other services. The health insurance...
by Jane Richey | Mar 9, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Secretary of State John Kerry had hoped to offer considerably more aid to Egypt than the $250 million he announced during his trip to Cairo but was blocked by Congress, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-Calif.) said. “This is not the aid package...
by Jane Richey | Mar 8, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care
Last summer, the Obama Administration gutted the successful 1996 welfare reform law by offering to waive its work requirements. Now the debate is back, as several Members of Congress are trying to restore the reforms that helped so many out of poverty. The work...
by Jane Richey | Mar 8, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The annual salary for the director of the White House Visitors Office, Ellie S. Schafer, went from $70,000 in 2009 to $100,000 in 2012. According to annual reports to Congress on White House staff salaries, Schafer was paid $70,000 in 2009, $71,400 in 2010, $80,000 in...
by Jane Richey | Mar 7, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney declined to weigh in on the Dow hitting an all-time high on Tuesday, a development clashing with President Obama’s assertion that across-the-board spending cuts would imperil the economy. “I don’t comment on markets,” Carney...
