by Jane Richey | Aug 28, 2013 | Agenda 21
Creating “livable communities” is one of five objectives for the U.S. Department of Transportation, as it updates its 2014-2018 strategic plan.The draft plan, released this week, notes that President Obama “has made place-based policy a key component...
by Jane Richey | Aug 27, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The U.S. government will fund $313 million in home mortgages for Palestinians living on the West Bank, according to a Government Accountability Office report released Monday. The U.S. will also guarantee $110 million in loans to small- and medium-sized businesses...
by Jane Richey | Aug 27, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The Treasury Department’s latest official daily accounting of the U.S. government’s receipts, expenditures and borrowings–released this afternoon at 4:00 p.m.–indicates that the legally limited debt of the federal government has now been exactly...
by Jane Richey | Aug 27, 2013 | Health Care
Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) says it’s not fair that members of Congress and their staffs will get special taxpayer subsidies to help them pay their Obamacare premiums in the new health insurance exchanges. “I don’t think it’s fair at all,” DeSantis told Fox...
by Jane Richey | Aug 26, 2013 | Health Care
A Republican lawmaker has announced that he will introduce legislation to prohibit members of Congress and Congressional staff from receiving government health insurance subsidies under Obamacare. Florida Rep. Ron DeSantis will introduce the “James Madison...
