by Jane Richey | Jan 15, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The federal government has agreed to drop its new rule that would have required high-efficiency furnaces in Northern states, a victory for critics who warned that the costly standard could backfire and drive urban homeowners to less efficient heating methods. The U.S....
by Jane Richey | Jan 15, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
As Congress takes up the second slice of relief money for Superstorm Sandy, the influential Club for Growth said Monday it will seek to punish the lawmakers who support the $51 billion package because it includes wasteful spending and pork that have nothing to do with...
by Jane Richey | Jan 15, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Explaining why he has no choice but to demand an increase in the legal limit on the national debt, President Barack Obama said at a Monday press conference that Congress orders him to spend money. “This is a matter of Congress authorizes spending,” Obama said. “They...
by Jane Richey | Jan 14, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Pennsylvania distributed more than $690 million in overpayments of unemployment compensation money between July 2011 and June 2012, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Benefit Accuracy Measurement program. Overpayments are usually the result of...
by Jane Richey | Jan 11, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Congressman Walter Jones (R-NC) said Craven Community College recently won a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant called the “Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys” grant. The grant gives the college 25 books and a DVD on Muslim...
by Jane Richey | Jan 10, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
While the Obama administration and some Democrat lawmakers plot ever more extreme assaults on the Second Amendment, state and local officials across the country are working just as hard to find ways to protect the gun rights of law-abiding citizens in their...