by Jane Richey | Aug 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The RNC launched a research release today, attacking President Obama for killing coal jobs. Using his own words against him, by taking part of a phrase from his earlier gaffe about the private sector, the RNC release says his plan to bankrupt and block coal “is doing...
by Jane Richey | Aug 15, 2012 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Given the challenges still facing the U.S. economy, the government needs to move aside and let private industry do what private industry does best: create jobs and increase our oil supply to help lower the price at the pump. And yet the Obama Administration remains...
by Jane Richey | Aug 15, 2012 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
Industry groups and Republican lawmakers fear the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is poised to set a new precedent in Alaska that could make it harder for companies to obtain mining permits near sensitive habitats. The EPA has signaled it might reject a proposed...
by Jane Richey | Aug 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
President Barack Obama said in 2009 that the Medicare cuts he signed as part of his Obamacare health reform law would never be repealed, noting that nearly one-third of the bill’s funding came from cutting Medicare. In a November 2009 interview with ABC News’ Jake...
by Jane Richey | Aug 14, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
A report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that lifting the ban on federal oil drilling in certain areas could increase U.S. petroleum reserves by 30 percent, including an estimated 8 billion barrels of oil in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge...
by Jane Richey | Aug 14, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
The effort to promote healthy eating at school has spawned student “Fruit and Vegetable Ambassadors,” who are supposed to spread enthusiasm for healthy eating among their fellow students. Students in the summer food service program at Slater Junior High...