by Jane Richey | Jan 17, 2014 | Education Issues
Another reason to oppose Common Core — the NEA strongly endorses it and is offering one year’s worth of free classroom ready lesson plans: “When I sit on panels and someone chastises us for supporting the common core, I always ask: ‘Are there...
by Jane Richey | Jan 17, 2014 | Voting Issues
In his ruling, Commonwealth Court Judge Bernard McGinley said the law was unconstitutional. “[The Voter ID Law is] invalid and unconstitutional on its face as the provision and issuance of compliant identification does not comport with liberal access and unreasonably...
by Jane Richey | Jan 16, 2014 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The allure of recess won out Thursday as senators sped up the timeline and cleared a $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill. Passage completes the process on Capitol Hill of keeping the government funded through the end of the fiscal year at the end of September....
by Jane Richey | Jan 16, 2014 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Over the past several decades, big-government lawmakers and lobbyists have developed a wide array of techniques they have used to successfully advance their own interests, usually to the detriment of our nation. If conservatives are to be successful in changing...
by Jane Richey | Jan 16, 2014 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Those are all ways Heritage experts have described government programs Congress is funding—with your hard-earned money—in its new trillion-dollar omnibus spending bill. Here are a few big failures that need to be eliminated or seriously reformed—but instead are...
