by Jane Richey | May 23, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The Obama administration wants new regulations for mills that turn wood into pulp. On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is scheduled to publish in the Federal Register a proposal governing plants that use chemicals to break down wood chips into a...
by Jane Richey | May 23, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday said the economy must show signs of sustained improvement before the central bank will curtail its long-running monetary stimulus program. Bernanke offered no timeline as to when the Fed would begin reducing purchases...
by Jane Richey | May 23, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
New Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz doesn’t want to spend his tenure battling over climate science. “Let me make it very clear that there is no ambiguity in terms of the scientific basis calling for a prudent response on climate change,” Moniz told Energy Department...
by Jane Richey | May 21, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
The White House’s chief lawyer learned weeks ago that an audit of the Internal Revenue Service likely would show that agency employees inappropriately targeted conservative groups, a senior White House official said Sunday. That disclosure has prompted a debate...
by Jane Richey | May 21, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Where do food stamps come from? They come from taxpayers—certainly not from family farms. Yet the “farm” bill, a recurring subsidy-fest in Congress, is actually 80 percent food stamps and other government nutrition programs. The food stamps sweeten the farm deal for...
by Jane Richey | May 20, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Green groups have used “sue and settle” tactics to force more than 100 new rules from President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency, according to a new Chamber of Commerce study released Monday. The business group decried the “sue and settle” tactic, which they...
