by Jane Richey | Aug 7, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
With a record 101 million Americans receiving food aid from the federal government, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) wants more kids to be on the dole for food during the summer months. “As part of its ongoing commitment to improving access to healthy food...
by Jane Richey | Aug 4, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Members of Congress are heading back to their districts this weekend for the August recess, but regulators across Washington will remain at work crafting new rules. In coming weeks and months, the Obama administration is set to issue scores of regulations, some of...
by Jane Richey | Aug 3, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The State Department’s internal watchdog has “initiated an inquiry” into whether the contractor Foggy Bottom used for a draft environmental analysis on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline had a conflict of interest. The move is a response to allegations from several...
by Jane Richey | Aug 3, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Taking direct aim at executive branch power, the House on August 2nd approved legislation requiring Congress to sign off on the most costly federal regulations. The Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act passed 232-183 in a vote that went...
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 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
President Barack Obama – citing the job losses since he took office — said “the economy would be much better off,” unemployment would be 6.5 percent and the national deficit would be in decline if there were more federal, state and local government workers. “If...
