by Jane Richey | Jul 17, 2012 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
President Barack Obama told a Cincinnati audience on Monday that he does not make the same mistake more than once. Minutes later, he told the same crowd he would continue spending federal dollars on green energy. The Obama administration has spent billions of taxpayer...
by Jane Richey | Jul 17, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded Pennsylvania’s general obligation debt to Aa2 from Aa1 over concerns about the state’s growing pension liabilities and sluggish economic recovery, Reuters reports this afternoon. The cut comes before a...
by Jane Richey | Jul 17, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Twenty-five leading conservatives are urging the nation’s governors to reject the Affordable Care Act by refusing to implement its two cornerstones. In a letter to all 50 governors, the activists asked them to reject the law’s now optional Medicaid expansion and...
by Jane Richey | Jul 17, 2012 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Capitol Hill’s most powerful Republicans say advocates who have been discussing a carbon tax behind closed doors are wasting their breath. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), speaking through aides, have stated...
by Jane Richey | Jul 17, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski touted an increase in federal oversight over municipal public transportation systems on Monday. “Headed 2 press conference on my new federal safety standards for metro,” Mikulski tweeted Monday afternoon. “New safety...
