by Jane Richey | Jun 28, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Senate and House negotiators have struck a deal to combine the transportation reauthorization, student loan bill and flood insurance legislation in a package expected to pass by the end of the week, according to congressional sources. The package likely represents the...
by Jane Richey | Jun 27, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Senator Jim DeMint: If Congress fails to act, Americans will face a $494 billion tax increase — the highest ever in one year — on January 1. What has been referred to as Taxmageddon might better be labeled “Jobsmageddon” because every dollar taken away...
by Jane Richey | Jun 27, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Members of the Senate and House today requested a Government Accountability Office study of the anti-fraud audits conducted by the Medicare program to identify and eliminate fraud and improper payments. Private contractors play an important role in Medicare’s fraud...
by Jane Richey | Jun 27, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia unanimously upheld the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) finding that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions are a threat to public health and the environment. Although not a surprising...
by Jane Richey | Jun 26, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The Philadelphia Police Department will receive more than $3 million in federal money to hire new officers, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced Monday. The grant, part of $111 million in funding being awarded to law enforcement agencies around the country,...
by Jane Richey | Jun 26, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The Interior Department’s lease sales this week in the Central Gulf of Mexico received the highest bids to explore for oil and gas there in at least three decades. This result seemed to surprise Secretary of Interior Salazar. But it should not come as a shock. Under...
