by Jane Richey | Jan 3, 2013 | Agenda 21, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The legislation that was passed by Congress this week to resolve avert the “fiscal cliff” included a long-sought increase in the tax benefits that are given to people who use public transportation systems to get to work Transportation advocates had pushed...
by Jane Richey | Jan 3, 2013 | Politics
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will postpone filibuster reform until later this month, giving him time to negotiate a deal with Republicans, say Democratic lawmakers and aides. A group of liberal Democrats had been pushing Reid to trigger the so-called...
by Jane Richey | Jan 3, 2013 | Politics
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is signaling that at least one thing will change about his leadership during the 113th Congress: he’s telling Republicans he is done with private, one-on-one negotiations with President Obama. During both 2011 and 2012, the Speaker spent...
by Jane Richey | Jan 3, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The U.S. Senate voted 89-8 to approve legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff despite having only 3 minutes to read the 154-page bill and budget score. Multiple Senate sources have confirmed to CNSNews.com that senators received the bill at approximately 1:36 AM on Jan....
by Jane Richey | Jan 3, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The estimate of insured losses from Sandy comes in around $20 billion—but the total aid package proposed is three times that amount. Roughly $28 billion of the request is marked for future disaster-mitigation projects. Some Head Start centers may need repairs from...
by Jane Richey | Jan 2, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The president, the House speaker, the Senate majority and minority leaders and, for that matter, Mitt Romney all have done the nation a major disservice by focusing almost exclusively on taxes for the top 1 percent or 2 percent of income earners for the past six...
