by Jane Richey | Dec 4, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
From the Heritage Foundation: When President Obama put forth his first offer on the fiscal cliff, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said, “You can’t be serious.” We could say the same thing to the Speaker after his counteroffer yesterday. In a letter signed by House...
by Jane Richey | Dec 4, 2012 | Agenda 21, Politics
Last week, 88 new final rules were published, up from 32 the previous week. That’s the equivalent of a new regulation every 1 hour and 54 minutes — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. All in all, 3,392 final rules have been published in the Federal Register this year. If...
by Jane Richey | Dec 3, 2012 | Politics
House Speaker John Boehner and GOP leadership have removed several conservative House members from their respective powerful committee positions, Breitbart News has learned. Effective next Congress, leadership pulled Kansas Republican Rep. Tim Huelskamp, Michigan...
by Jane Richey | Dec 3, 2012 | Politics
Arguing that it will more fairly represent the will of the people, Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi, R-Chester, said Monday he plans to propose a change that would award the state’s electoral votes proportionally, in place of the current winner-take-all method....
by Jane Richey | Dec 3, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
No matter how much the economy might contract as it free falls down the fiscal cliff, this much is true: We now have proof that the U.S. economy is totally — totally — dependent on federal government spending. The sequestration piece of the cliff calls for...