by Jane Richey | Jun 8, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
A late-night debate over whether to drastically shrink federal highway spending in 2013 turned ugly just after 11 p.m., when a House Democrat accused a Republican and former U.S. Marine of hating America. Members were debating a motion to instruct House conferees to...
by Jane Richey | Jun 8, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Thursday that Congress should consider combining reforms to pension contributions with a proposed surface transportation bill that appears stalled in House-Senate negotiations. In a letter to House Speaker John Boehner...
by Jane Richey | Jun 8, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
For the past two years, America has witnessed headline after headline reporting on flaws in President Barack Obama’s health care law. And as America learns more about this intolerable act, the opposition to Obamacare continues to grow. Yesterday, a new poll...
by Jane Richey | Jun 7, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) slammed unions and liberal activists for pushing to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R). “I think the people on the Democratic side made a big mistake and the funding thing was a big deal,” Frank told The Hill Wednesday...
by Jane Richey | Jun 7, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
An election night that began with Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker winning his recall election grew progressively worse for public-sector unions as California voters approved steep pension-cutting measures in two major cities. Voters in San Diego and San Jose...
