by Jane Richey | Jun 20, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics, Uncategorized
As lawmakers take up austerity measures and the Defense Department and other agencies grapple with difficult budget choices, some contracting companies that derive their income entirely from the federal government have grown increasingly fat. Last year, 59 major...
by Jane Richey | Jun 19, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
President Obama’s trip this month to Africa, with the first family tagging along, is projected to cost taxpayers as much as $100 million, sparking criticism as the federal government scrimps along during sequester-related budget cuts. Among the related costs will be...
by Jane Richey | Jun 19, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
One senator says the Internal Revenue Service is set to pay $70 million in bonuses for employees, over the objections of a White House mandate for all agencies to cancel discretionary spending — specifically, bonuses — due to looming automatic budget cuts. The news...
by Jane Richey | Jun 19, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
The Internal Revenue Service failed to give the House Small Business Committee requested documents on how the agency treats smaller companies by the requested date of June 17, the committee said Tuesday. Danny Werfel, the acting head of the IRS, told Rep. Sam Graves...
by Jane Richey | Jun 19, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
Beginning on July 1, the new rules would slash the hours per week commercial drivers can spend on the road to 70 per week, while adding new requirements for rest periods. Steve Williams of the American Trucking Associations said the rules from the Federal Motor...
by Jane Richey | Jun 18, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Thanks to a large draw down in the federal government’s cash on hand and to the “extraordinary measures” that the Treasury is currently taking to avoid surpassing the legal limit on the federal debt, the federal deficit and the federal debt actually went in...
