by Jane Richey | Aug 2, 2012 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Texas may have new courtroom ammunition in its fight over federal regulation of greenhouse gases: the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on health care reform. The high court decision limited the power of Congress to force states to take certain actions by...
by Jane Richey | Aug 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
From StateImpactPA: Language in a bill President Obama signed into law earlier this month may reduce Pennsylvania’s federal mine reclamation funding by up to $200 million. Former Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Dave Hess analyzed an...
by Jane Richey | Aug 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Yesterday, on the eve of its religious-liberty-crushing mandate taking effect, President Obama’s Health and Human Services Department (HHS) made an outrageous claim: The Obama administration will continue to work with all employers to give them the flexibility and...
by Jane Richey | Aug 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
From the National Taxpayer Union: Last week the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a cost estimate for H.R. 6079, the Repeal of Obamacare Act, introduced by Representative Eric Cantor (with 162 cosponsors). The bill is the House’s latest legislative attempt to...
by Jane Richey | Jul 31, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The White House is expected to OK federal standards in the next few weeks that will nearly double vehicle gas mileage for vehicles by 2025, as automotive dealers warn the changes could slam the recovering retail car industry because they will come with sticker prices...
by Jane Richey | Jul 31, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
What is wrong with the economy? Something is wrong when the GDP expands by only 1.5 percent a year as it did in the second quarter. The problem is that nobody knows. Everyone thinks they know, but F.A. Hayek long ago put that fatal conceit to rest, if only for...