by Jane Richey | Mar 28, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
From Harold Jackson: “As a small-business person, this law also threatens the future of my business. I employ only a handful of people but we work hard to provide our customers with a product of which we are very proud. However, if PPACA remains the law of the...
by Jane Richey | Mar 28, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a new rule to regulate CO2 emissions from power plants, which would effectively ban new coal power plants, as its emissions standards are too low to be met by conventional coal-fired facilities. This stands in stark...
by Jane Richey | Mar 28, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
While Washington’s eyes are focused on the historic Obamacare hearings at the Supreme Court, work continues across the street in the House of Representatives where some Members of Congress — though not all — are doing their best to clean up Washington’s budgetary...
by Jane Richey | Mar 27, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Some families in Tulsa, Okla., recently received a brochure that surely grabbed their attention. The title? “Will your child pass third grade?” Produced by the 15,000-student Union district, the handout explains the state’s pending reading...
by Jane Richey | Mar 27, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The sluggish implementation of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law has made it “impossible” for businesses to “know the rules of the road,” charges the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in a new scorecard obtained first by The Hill. The nation’s largest business lobby said it...
by Jane Richey | Mar 27, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
The Obama administration is moving ahead with its greenhouse gas rule for new power plants, a regulation that promises to shift the future of U.S. power generation. EPA will announce the rule Tuesday, a senior administration official confirmed to POLITICO. The...
