by Jane Richey | Jun 25, 2013 | Agenda 21
President Obama is launching fresh battles over climate change with plans to curb emissions using executive powers that sidestep Congress — including controversial rules to cut carbon pollution from existing power plants. The wide-ranging plan, which Obama will tout...
by Jane Richey | Jun 25, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The Senate passed an Internet sales tax bill, the Marketplace Fairness Act, last month on a bipartisan basis, but it has yet to pass the House. This legislation would allow states to require online sellers to collect sales taxes, which would go to state and local...
by Jane Richey | Jun 25, 2013 | Agenda 21
With President Barack Obama’s progressive base in an uproar over the National Security Agency (NSA) domestic surveillance programs, Obama seeks to quell angst among his environmental base on Tuesday by declaring war on coal. “A war on coal is exactly what’s needed,”...
by Jane Richey | Jun 24, 2013 | Agenda 21
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said President Obama’s upcoming plan to impose new greenhouse gas regulations could create traction for carbon tax proposals that currently lack political support in Congress. “There is no chance right now, but that chance can change...
by Jane Richey | Jun 24, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The Internal Revenue Service sent 23,994 tax refunds worth a combined $46,378,040 to “unauthorized” alien workers who all used the same address in Atlanta, Ga., in 2011, according to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA). That was not the only...
