by Jane Richey | May 16, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
From the Derrick: North Dakota oil drillers pumped 17.8 million barrels in March, with a daily average of 575,490 barrels, Assistant State Mineral Resources Director Bruce Hicks. That compares to 17.5 million in Alaska, though still far behind Texas. The state’s oil...
by Jane Richey | May 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
The Senate passed legislation reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank on Tuesday after voting down five amendments that would have limited the program’s scope and power. The passage of the bill, in a 78-20 vote, sends the legislation to President Obama, who is...
by Jane Richey | May 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
A new Club for Growth report based on its 2011 congressional voting scorecard shows that freshmen House Republicans received an average score of 71 percent — only 2-percentage points higher than the average for House GOP veterans. A majority of so-called tea party...
by Jane Richey | May 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
A shadowy $10 billion Obamacare agency with zero oversight just awarded first lady Michelle Obama’s pet patient-dumping scheme at the University of Chicago Medical Center a $5.9 million taxpayer-funded grant. It will enable Mrs. Obama’s cronies to build a...
by Jane Richey | May 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Lloyd Marcus: Surprisingly, many on our side — Republicans and conservatives — are still clueless about the Tea Party or have a negative view of it. They have fallen prey to the mainstream media’s rhetoric that we are a bunch of anti-government...
by Jane Richey | May 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Two conservative lawmakers are teaming up to urge appropriation leaders in the House and Senate to defund the Corporation of Public Broadcasting (CPB), which is asking for $445 million advance for FY 2015. This week, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Rep. Doug Lamborn...
