by Jane Richey | Mar 27, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The Obama administration has requested $770 million in federal funds to combat the effects of global warming in developing countries, a new congressional report details, continuing its policy of using foreign aid to combat the effects of global warming in the...
by Jane Richey | Mar 27, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
A Senate proposal to curb tax credits for the world’s five largest oil companies and extend tax breaks to wind-energy companies faces opposition from the American Petroleum Institute (API) and many who favor increased domestic oil production. “Make no mistake, raising...
by Jane Richey | Mar 27, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
The federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law by President Obama in 2010. Instead of reforming Medicaid, the law greatly expands the program, adding over 800,000 Pennsylvanians by 2019. By the time it is fully in effect, one in four...
by Jane Richey | Mar 26, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
The Internal Revenue Service is taking heat from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers for its oversight of certain groups engaging in political activity, in particular Tea Party organizations seeking tax-exempt status. In recent weeks, GOP lawmakers have followed...
by Jane Richey | Mar 26, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
A new $550 million pot of money for another Race to the Top contest will have to be split between two education-policy worlds: early education and district-level reform. But just how the Education Department will take a relatively small slice of money to leverage big...
by Jane Richey | Mar 26, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Another “sagebrush rebellion” is spreading through legislatures in Arizona and other Western states with a series of formal demands that the federal government hand over title to tens of millions of acres of forests, ranges and other public lands. Arizona...
