by Jane Richey | Dec 10, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The U.S. government sold its last shares of automaker General Motors Co (GM.N) on Monday, marking an end to a historic bailout of one of America’s most storied companies. The sale leaves taxpayers short about $10 billion of the funds that the Treasury sank into the...
by Jane Richey | Nov 30, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
General Motors Corp. (GM) is recalling 18,941 Chevy Camaros (model years 2013 and 2014) for violating Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208—Occupant Crash Protection. Defective seat belts? Air bag malfunction? Brake failure? Nope. GM is recalling 18,941 Chevy...
by Jane Richey | Nov 29, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
In Washington, members of the budget conference committee are considering several options that could increase spending by up to an additional $100 billion. What’s standing in their way is sequestration: the automatic spending cut mechanism President Obama signed into...
by Jane Richey | Nov 21, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
At 6:17 this evening in a 113 to 85 vote the House passed the Corbett transportation/gas tax hike bill. Lee James again voted for the bill. Last night Senator Scott Hutchinson voted against the same...
by Jane Richey | Nov 21, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
President Barack Obama strongly backed the use of the “nuclear option” in the Senate to end filibusters of nominations and seemed to push for a broader end to the use of filibusters to stall legislation as well. “If you have a majority of folks who believe in...
by Jane Richey | Nov 21, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Health Care
Many GOP governors have been criticized for refusing to participate in the wild and ill-conceived expansion of the Medicaid program under Obamacare. There is good reason. While the expansion is underwritten by the Federal government in the near term, in the out years...
