by Jane Richey | May 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Unfortunately PA is not one of them! In about two dozen states across the country, the insurance marketplaces at the heart of the 2010 health-care law remain in limbo, with Republican governors or lawmakers who oppose the statute refusing to act until the Supreme...
by Jane Richey | May 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) predicts that the House and Senate will agree on a long-term surface transportation bill by June 30, when current funding runs out. The member of a House-Senate highway bill conference committee also said signs point to a provision mandating...
by Jane Richey | May 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
U.S. lawmakers have been unusually silent about federal regulators’ decision to allow a Chinese bank to take over 13 bank branches in New York and California, suggesting that they think American banks have much to gain. Members of both parties usually relish the...
by Jane Richey | May 12, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) subpoenaed the Interior Department for a second time Friday over planned regulations aimed at curbing environmental damage from Appalachian coal mining. The subpoena calls on the Interior Department to...
by Jane Richey | May 12, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Cecil Roberts, the president of the United Mine Workers of America, traveled the country for Barack Obama four years ago. He hoped to persuade skeptical working-class white voters in places like southwestern Virginia and southern Ohio to vote for an African-American...
by Jane Richey | May 12, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Occupy LA turned out to be a lot more costly to the city than originally anticipated. After the park surrounding LA’s City Hall was cleared by the LAPD in November, published estimates suggested the total cost of the two month occupation would be about $2.3...
