by Jane Richey | Mar 3, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Republicans used their weekly address to slam President Obama on rising gas prices, part of what the GOP says is a “coordinated campaign” to push energy to the forefront of national politics. House Natural Resources Chairman Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) pushed...
by Jane Richey | Mar 2, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Cost estimates for a key part of President Obama’s health care overhaul law have ballooned by $111 billion from last year’s budget, and a senior Republican lawmaker on Friday demanded an explanation. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp,...
by Jane Richey | Mar 2, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
At least four House members and one staffer from the Senate appropriations committee have pushed the Department of Defense for answers on the new soccer field for detainees at Camp 6 in Guantanamo Bay. Congressman Dennis A. Ross, R-Fla., is introducing the “NO...
by Jane Richey | Mar 2, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Remember the York County 912 Patriots was the group that “counted heads” during the State Republican Committee’s little endorsement party on January 28th! They not only did a great job “counting heads,” but they placed the information on...
by Jane Richey | Mar 2, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The Heritage Foundation’s Lindsey Burke says, “It’s important to remember that this blueprint that the Obama administration has introduced should be considered in concert with their FY 2013 education budget. So together, they amount to huge amounts...
by Jane Richey | Mar 2, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
It could be said that President Obama has never seen a tax hike he doesn’t like — whether it’s letting the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts expire, insisting on higher taxes for job creators, and yesterday calling on Congress to raise taxes on the oil industry. Obama’s hidden...