by Jane Richey | Aug 22, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Only 65 percent of the nearly $80 billion that President Obama unilaterally diverted from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to bail out the auto industry over the strong objections of Congress has been recovered, according to the U.S. Treasury Department’s July...
by Jane Richey | Aug 16, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Four days a week this summer, lime green school buses loaded with games, books and computers rumbled through low-income neighborhoods south of Seattle. Their aim wasn’t just to entertain kids — but to feed them. “It’s fun here,” said...
by Jane Richey | Aug 15, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care
Obamacare attacks the liberty and financial viability of the traditional family, and nothing demonstrates this more clearly than the system of federal subsidies it puts in place starting next year. This system rewards people who don’t marry, don’t work and...
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...
