by Jane Richey | Aug 2, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Congressman Steve LaTourette, a moderate Republican who recently announced his retirement, told reporters that a modified version of the Simpson-Bowles debt plan is ready to drop immediately after the November election. The original Simpson-Bowles plan resulted from...
by Jane Richey | Aug 2, 2012 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Texas may have new courtroom ammunition in its fight over federal regulation of greenhouse gases: the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on health care reform. The high court decision limited the power of Congress to force states to take certain actions by...
by Jane Richey | Aug 2, 2012 | Agenda 21
The situation facing the planet because of climate change is “as dangerous” as the possibility of war over Iran’s nuclear activities, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) told the U.S. Senate on Wednesday. Delivering what his office described as “a major address and current...
by Jane Richey | Aug 2, 2012 | Agenda 21
Efforts to protect the environment in America have ignored the most powerful force for improving the environment: free people. The results of these misguided policies have been higher energy prices, lower incomes, less access to resources, and technological...
by Jane Richey | Aug 1, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The House approved GOP legislation late Wednesday that would extend all current tax rates for another year, and also turned away a Democratic bill that would have allowed rates to rise for higher income earners. The Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act was...
