by Jane Richey | May 24, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Ahead of a mammoth United Nations sustainability conference in Rio de Janeiro next month, the Brazilian government has signaled a new push to get the U.N.’s top environmental body upgraded – a push long opposed by the United States. Brazil wants to breathe new life...
by Jane Richey | May 23, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and military leaders implored conservative Republicans on Wednesday to approve a long-spurned high seas treaty, saying it would create jobs, open a new path to oil, gas and other resources and bolster national security....
by Jane Richey | May 23, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Obama’s War on Coal has already taken a remarkable toll on coal-fired power plants in America. Last week the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported a shocking drop in power sector coal consumption in the first quarter of 2012. Coal-fired power plants are now...
by Jane Richey | May 23, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Across the Washington area last week, young workers from Europe arrived in droves, heading for jobs at community swimming pools. Lugging duffel bags, they filled out forms, picked up safety gear and chatted in a variety of Slavic languages, eager to plunge into a...
by Jane Richey | May 23, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Senate Republicans criticized the Obama administration Tuesday for paying a public-relations firm $20 million to highlight part of President Obama’s healthcare law. A Health and Human Services (HHS) official confirmed Monday that the department had signed a...
by Jane Richey | May 23, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
What would happen if a deadlocked Congress did nothing? If the expiring Bush tax rates are allowed to lapse and the automatic spending cuts kick in next year, it could hurl the U.S. economy back into a recession, the Congressional Budget Office warned in a report...
