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...
by Jane Richey | Jan 15, 2014 | Health Care
The administration said it would extend the Pre-Existing Conditions Insurance Plan (PCIP), slated to end Jan. 31, until March 15. “As part of our continuing effort to help smooth consumers’ transition into Marketplace coverage, we are allowing those covered by PCIP...
by Jane Richey | Jan 15, 2014 | Agenda 21
As Americans clamor for jobs, 18 Senate liberals have their eyes on the sky. “Climate change is a dangerous threat to our nation, to our planet. It’s a catastrophe that’s unfolding before our eyes,” Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) told a news...
