by Jane Richey | Aug 3, 2013 | Health Care
The House voted on August 2nd to prevent the IRS from enforcing any aspect of ObamaCare, a bill meant to exact revenge against an agency that Republicans say is incapable of neutral enforcement of the law. Members approved the Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act in...
by Jane Richey | Aug 2, 2013 | Health Care
House Republicans still don’t like Obamacare — or Obama, for that matter. But at least some of them conceded Friday the president did the right thing in making sure they and their staff wouldn’t lose their health care subsidies under the law. “There’s no question it...
by Jane Richey | Aug 2, 2013 | Health Care
Ohio’s GOP insurance commissioner is projecting a marked increase in health insurance rates under ObamaCare, adding fuel to the debate over how the healthcare law will affect premiums. The state insurance department announced Thursday that individual health...
by Jane Richey | Aug 2, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
There were 988,000 discouraged workers in the United States in July, an increase of 136,000 from July 2012, according to data released today the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). “Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no...
by Jane Richey | Aug 1, 2013 | Agenda 21
The House Science Committee will mark up legislation Thursday that forces the Environmental Protection Agency to alter its ongoing study of the effects of oil-and-gas “fracking” on drinking water resources. Chairman Lamar Smith’s (R-Texas) bill would require the...