by Jane Richey | Mar 10, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
The White House confirmed Thursday that President Barack Obama personally lobbied Democratic members of Congress to get them to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline, a project that is projected to have created about 20,000 direct jobs in the United States, and more jobs...
by Jane Richey | Mar 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The Senate has rejected a GOP plan to approve construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline after President Obama made personal calls to Democrats urging them to oppose it. The 56-42 vote staves off an election-year rebuke of Obama, but will give political ammunition...
by Jane Richey | Mar 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
A chunk of an $11 million stimulus grant meant to provide low-income Detroit residents with clothing for job interviews reportedly aided just two people — far short of the 400 job-seekers the money was meant to help. The 2009 grant in question was used to start...
by Jane Richey | Mar 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Despite receiving more than $885 million in federal economic stimulus funds since 2009, the D.C. government — whose residents face one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation — cannot say how many jobs it actually created for those who live in the District....
by Jane Richey | Mar 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
President Barack Obama used his visit to a North Carolina truck manufacturer on Wednesday to announce a $1 billion program to promote electric and other alternative vehicles through tax incentives for consumers and federal grants to states to finance infrastructure to...
by Jane Richey | Mar 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
With no authorization from Congress, President Barack Obama has announced that his administration–through the Federal Housing Administration–will insure refinanced mortgages for 2 to 3 million borrowers without verifying their income or even if they hold a...
