by Jane Richey | Jul 17, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Twenty-five leading conservatives are urging the nation’s governors to reject the Affordable Care Act by refusing to implement its two cornerstones. In a letter to all 50 governors, the activists asked them to reject the law’s now optional Medicaid expansion and...
by Jane Richey | Jul 17, 2012 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Capitol Hill’s most powerful Republicans say advocates who have been discussing a carbon tax behind closed doors are wasting their breath. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), speaking through aides, have stated...
by Jane Richey | Jul 17, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski touted an increase in federal oversight over municipal public transportation systems on Monday. “Headed 2 press conference on my new federal safety standards for metro,” Mikulski tweeted Monday afternoon. “New safety...
by Jane Richey | Jul 17, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
Business and farm groups are making a determined effort to rein in the estate tax before it expands significantly at the end of the year. Thanks to a deal approved in late 2010, the estate tax is among a long list of fiscal issues awaiting action from Congress,...
by Jane Richey | Jul 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
A new blend of gasoline comprising 15 percent ethanol, approved by the Environmental Protection Agency last month and now available in Kansas, could damage automobile engines, the Kansas Petroleum Council is warning. “We don’t have a problem with ethanol,” council...
by Jane Richey | Jul 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The movie’s premise is simple: a Susquehanna County mom, concerned about the dangers of hydraulic fracturing, goes on a cross-country journey to determine whether the warnings raised by Josh Fox’s “Gasland” are legitimate. Except…it’s a bit more complicated...
