by Jane Richey | May 10, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Too-big-to-fail banks? Meet “too-big-to-control” government. That’s the label House Republicans slapped on the Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday during a hearing on the agency’s spending. GOP members of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s oversight...
by Jane Richey | May 10, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Energy 101. It is impossible to have wind turbines without fossil fuels, especially natural gas. Turbines average only 30% of their “rated capacity” – and less than 5% on the hottest and coldest days, when electricity is needed most. They produce excessive electricity...
by Jane Richey | May 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The Department of Health and Human Services isn’t that much of a bully, it turns out. Health insurers flagged by the department for “unreasonable” premium hikes are refusing to back down in the first year of HHS’s new rate review authority. The health reform law gave...
by Jane Richey | May 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Deep-pocketed environmental groups are collecting millions of dollars from the federal agencies they regularly sue under a little-known federal law, and the government is not even keeping track of the payouts, according to two new studies. Under the Equal Access to...
by Jane Richey | May 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The federal government, now in the process of “reforming” what happens inside hospitals, is also offering advice on how new hospitals should be built. On Tuesday, the Energy Department released the final installment of its four-part series on designing...
by Jane Richey | May 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
The federal government is spending $4 million to help hook up farmers and low-income customers. Currently, fewer than a quarter of the nation’s roughly 7,100 farmers markets are set up to use the Electronic Benefit Transfer system, or food stamps. But Kathleen...
