by Jane Richey | Mar 20, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
From the Tax Foundation: This week’s map shows the top state income tax rate in each state. California has the highest top rate at 13.3%; at the other end are seven states with no income tax: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming....
by Jane Richey | Mar 18, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care
Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.) said the effort to defund Obamacare by amending the continuing resolution (CR) — to fund the government for the next six months — is worth potentially shutting down the government, but he added that he does not think “the...
by Jane Richey | Mar 18, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The federal government is spending $227,437 to investigate how animals have been depicted in National Geographic magazine over a span of 120 years, which federal officials say is an “innovative study” that will examine “images of animals to see how people have changed...
by Jane Richey | Mar 18, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Federal spending was up $30.5 billion in the first five months of fiscal 2013 compared to the first five months of fiscal 2012, according to newly released data from the U.S. Treasury. The federal fiscal year begins on Oct. 1 and runs through Sept. 30. In the first...
by Jane Richey | Mar 15, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care
State Sen. Lloyd Smucker at a town hall meeting Wednesday said he favors accepting federal funds to expand Medicaid to more low-income Pennsylvanians. Smucker, a Republican from West Lampeter, may be the first GOP senator to publicly break with Gov. Tom Corbett over...
by Jane Richey | Mar 14, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The House voted Wednesday to block the Obama administration’s attempt to waive a requirement that people must work or prepare for a job in order to receive federal welfare benefits. In a 246-181 vote, the House approved the Preserving Work Requirements for...
