by Jane Richey | Mar 21, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
A coalition of environmental groups issued a scorecard Tuesday rating the voting records of Pa. Senators and Representatives on the issue of Marcellus shale. The Pa. Sierra Club, Conservation Voters of Pa., Clean Water Action and Penn Environment issued the ratings,...
by Jane Richey | Mar 19, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Economist Lan T. Pham says she was fired from the Congressional Budget Office for “producing work at odds with Wall Street research favored by her supervisors. In a letter written to Sen. Charles Grassley, Ms. Pham says that the CBO, which is supposed to be a...
by Jane Richey | Mar 19, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) was established as a safeguard against emergencies such as the cutoff of oil supplies from the Middle East. Even when prices have spiked, previous administrations have been loath to tap the SPR. President George H.W. Bush drew...
by Jane Richey | Mar 19, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The Obama administration has responded to Vladimir Putin’s landslide re-election as president of Russia by doubling down on appeasement. America may never live down the shame, and it will keep on paying through the nose at the gas pump for this folly. What the...
by Jane Richey | Mar 12, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Local Tea Party activists are pressing House Republican leaders to pursue their investigation into the Operation Fast and Furious gun-tracking effort more aggressively. The top three House Republicans have been slow to lead the charge of the GOP’s criticism of the...
by Jane Richey | Mar 12, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Harrisburg says it will miss general-obligation bond payments for the first time next week as its receiver seeks approval for a plan to sell assets. The city, carrying a debt load of more than five times its general-fund budget, will miss $5.27 million in bond...
