by Jane Richey | Dec 15, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
The nation’s three most productive solar installation firms are under investigation for allegedly exaggerating business costs to get larger cash payments through a federal stimulus program. The Treasury Department’s inspector general is asking SolarCity, SunRun and...
by Jane Richey | Dec 15, 2012 | Politics, Voting Issues
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing to examine Americans’ access to the voting booth and the continuing need for protections against efforts to limit or suppress voting. On Wednesday, the committee will look at barriers voters experienced in the 2012...
by Jane Richey | Dec 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) on Thursday introduced a bill that would require the Treasury Department to study the viability of raising new federal highway funds by taxing cars for each mile they drive. Blumenauer’s bill, H.R. 6662, is a response to dwindling...
by Jane Richey | Dec 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday issued its first major regulation since the Nov. 6 election, imposing new air quality rules on soot pollution in what critics called evidence of a post-election “regulatory cliff.” The EPA rule reduces by 20...
by Jane Richey | Dec 14, 2012 | Free Markets, Politics
Virginia is moving towards making card-check – the controversial union proposal to replace secret-ballot elections with simple card-signing petitions – unconstitutional in the state. The effort is led by State Sen. Bryce Reeves (R-Spotsylvania) who said that “no...
by Jane Richey | Dec 14, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
This week, President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) have been trading secret offers on the fiscal cliff. Last night, they met for nearly an hour, and emerged with zipped lips about what progress—if any—they made on averting tax hikes across the board and...
