by Jane Richey | Mar 28, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
From Harold Jackson: “As a small-business person, this law also threatens the future of my business. I employ only a handful of people but we work hard to provide our customers with a product of which we are very proud. However, if PPACA remains the law of the...
by Jane Richey | Mar 28, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a new rule to regulate CO2 emissions from power plants, which would effectively ban new coal power plants, as its emissions standards are too low to be met by conventional coal-fired facilities. This stands in stark...
by Jane Richey | Mar 27, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The sluggish implementation of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law has made it “impossible” for businesses to “know the rules of the road,” charges the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in a new scorecard obtained first by The Hill. The nation’s largest business lobby said it...
by Jane Richey | Mar 27, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
The Obama administration is moving ahead with its greenhouse gas rule for new power plants, a regulation that promises to shift the future of U.S. power generation. EPA will announce the rule Tuesday, a senior administration official confirmed to POLITICO. The...
by Jane Richey | Mar 27, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
A Senate proposal to curb tax credits for the world’s five largest oil companies and extend tax breaks to wind-energy companies faces opposition from the American Petroleum Institute (API) and many who favor increased domestic oil production. “Make no mistake, raising...
by Jane Richey | Mar 27, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
The federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law by President Obama in 2010. Instead of reforming Medicaid, the law greatly expands the program, adding over 800,000 Pennsylvanians by 2019. By the time it is fully in effect, one in four...
