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...
by Jane Richey | Aug 1, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Coal country Democrats and coal industry representatives were still uneasy after their meeting with the Obama administration on Thursday. West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin said it was unclear whether the president would change his approach. “We’ll have to see...
by Jane Richey | Jul 31, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The federal government is growing like kudzu. That’s the Japanese ivy plant that’s taking over roadsides all over the south and is even invading the north. Kudzu does some good, holding the ground and so on, but the price is steep: It kills the other plants, trees and...
by Jane Richey | Jul 29, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Four out of 5 U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near-poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives, a sign of deteriorating economic security and an elusive American dream. Survey data exclusive to The Associated Press points to an increasingly...
