by Jane Richey | Jan 20, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
retirement from Congress doesn’t mean Federal Reserve officials can rest any easier. Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga., is moving rapidly to assume the Texas Republican’s mantle, pressuring lawmakers to get a tighter grip on the central bank. Broun has replaced Paul in pushing...
by Jane Richey | Jan 19, 2013 | Agenda 21, Politics
The Interior Department is delaying planned rules that would impose new requirements on the controversial oil-and-gas production method called hydraulic fracturing. Interior said Friday that it will float a new version of draft rules first issued last May and take new...
by Jane Richey | Jan 19, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Leaders of the most conservative bloc in the House Republican Conference are backing leadership’s plan to increase the debt ceiling for three months, even though the increase has no concrete spending cuts attached to it. In exchange, conservatives have won assurances...
by Jane Richey | Jan 18, 2013 | Politics
A West Point think tank has issued a paper warning America about “far right” groups such as the “anti-federalist” movement, which supports “civil activism, individual freedoms and self-government.” The report issued this week by the Combating Terrorism Center at the...
by Jane Richey | Jan 16, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
A federal court on Tuesday preserved an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ruling that permits the sale of a high-ethanol fuel blend. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia denied a rehearing on the EPA decision that put fuels with a 15-percent...
by Jane Richey | Jan 16, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
President Obama and Vice President Biden revealed their proposed reforms intended to reduce firearms related violence. The proposal contains a mix of executive actions, regulations, and calls for Congress to act legislatively. The total package will cost at least $4.5...
