by Jane Richey | Jul 12, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) led a successful effort on Wednesday to defeat a conservative attempt to double the food stamp cuts in the House farm bill, an effort that could have sunk the legislation. Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.) offered a...
by Jane Richey | Jul 12, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
There is a lot of talk about economic “safety nets” these days, but according to Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.), what liberals really mean by that is “hammock.” “Conservatives believe that every person who comes to America or is born here, they have a ladder that they are...
by Jane Richey | Jul 12, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
From Senator Bob Casey, Jr.: As chairman of the Joint Economic Committee during the 112th Congress, I have worked with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and with private sector leaders to spur additional job creation, strengthen the manufacturing sector,...
by Jane Richey | Jul 12, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Recently featured on Good Morning America, the Environmental Working Group identified a “dirty dozen” list for the most contaminated produce that includes: peaches, apples, bell peppers, celery, nectarines, strawberries, cherries, kale, lettuce, grapes, carrots, and...
by Jane Richey | Jul 12, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
If you own a farm here in Fauquier you are “special”. If you own a farm here in Fauquier you are now, after July 14, 2011, being treated in a “special” way. You are now so “special” that if you have a working farm that is being farmed by you to make a living, before...
by Jane Richey | Jul 11, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
No Pennsylvania Congressman in the Democrat Party voted for repeal! Click here for Roll Call vote. “The House voted again Wednesday to repeal the 2010 healthcare reform law, giving Republicans some revenge against the late June Supreme Court ruling that found...
