by Jane Richey | May 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Two conservative lawmakers are teaming up to urge appropriation leaders in the House and Senate to defund the Corporation of Public Broadcasting (CPB), which is asking for $445 million advance for FY 2015. This week, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Rep. Doug Lamborn...
by Jane Richey | May 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
President Obama’s fiscal 2013 budget proposal would double the interest rate on federally backed student loans from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent–eight months after the November presidential election. The White House fiscal year 2013 plan calls for...
by Jane Richey | May 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
Tens of thousands of U.N. officials, government representatives and activists will head back to Rio de Janeiro this summer in an attempt to advance the “sustainability” cause. In what the world body’s Division for Sustainable Development says will be the biggest...
by Jane Richey | May 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Governor Corbett has made it clear he’s going to push governments to convert to natural gas-powered vehicles over the next few years. Speaking to Philadelphia’s WPHT-AM last week, Corbett pointed out declining natural gas prices have led to a slow-down in...
by Jane Richey | May 15, 2012 | Politics
Former Sen. Arlen Specter often changed his ideological persona during his lengthy career, shifting left, then right, then left again as political exigencies required. But one thing that never changed was his remarkable ability to annoy on a bipartisan basis. And that...
