by Jane Richey | Sep 18, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
During the four years that marked President Barack Obama’s first term in office, the real median income of American households dropped by $2,627 and the number of people in poverty increased by approximately 6,667,000, according to data released today by the Census...
by Jane Richey | Sep 18, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
House Republicans are moving forward with a government funding bill that would defund ObamaCare. The legislation is a nod to House conservatives, some of whom quickly backed the plan. But Senate Democrats and the White House have promised to reject any legislation...
by Jane Richey | Sep 17, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
he nation’s poverty rate remained stuck at 15 percent last year despite America’s slowly reviving economy, a discouraging lack of improvement for the record 46.5 million poor and an unwelcome benchmark for President Barack Obama’s recovery plans....
by Jane Richey | Sep 17, 2013 | Health Care
The White House seems to regard laws as mere suggestions, including the laws it helped to write. On the heels of last week’s one-year suspension of the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate to offer insurance to workers, the Administration is now waiving...
by Jane Richey | Sep 17, 2013 | Health Care
U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson, a former health-care executive, has made it clear that he is no fan of the Affordable Care Act. But Thompson does not think that shutting down the government, or denying funding for the law to halt its implementation, is the way to go....