by Jane Richey | Aug 6, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
On Thursday, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) appeared on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and blasted the show’s panel for misrepresenting the principles of the Tea Party, saying they just don’t “get it.” He also gave the panel a solid history lesson on the Constitution after at least...
by Jane Richey | Aug 4, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
A bipartisan group of House members has called on the Department of Transportation to reverse regulatory guidance issued in June that limits the ability of supply trucks to service oil and gas fields. Rep. Jeff Landry (R-La.) and 60 other members of the House argued...
by Jane Richey | Aug 3, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Possibly coming soon to a new car near you – mandatory tracking and recording of your automobile usage. So says National Center Adjunct Fellow Horace Cooper in a just-released National Center for Public Policy Research paper, “Coming to a Car Near You? The...
by Jane Richey | Aug 3, 2012 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Gov. John Kitzhaber (D.-Ore.) has authority under Oregon’s constitution to pardon or commute the jail term and remit the fine of a man sentenced for collecting rainwater and snow runoff in reservoirs on his own property. But the governor is ducking for cover....
by Jane Richey | Aug 3, 2012 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Today, Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) introduced the “Managed Carbon Price Act of 2012″ (MCP), a bill imposing a tax on carbon dioxide-equivalent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from producers of coal, oil, and natural gas, refineries, and other covered sources. The MCP...
by Jane Richey | Aug 2, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
A congressional report concluded Friday that “political pressure” by a White House eager to tout stimulus spending was largely to blame for fast-tracking the ill-fated $535 million Solyndra loan guarantee — findings compounded by the release of an...
