by Jane Richey | Aug 23, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
Obama’s campaign speeches always seem to include a line about how he can take credit for increasing domestic oil and gas production. As the official White House website has it, “domestic oil and gas production has increased every year President Obama has...
by Jane Richey | Aug 23, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
National Republican party officials on Wednesday put their party officially on record opposing United Nations‘ attempts, some backed by Democrats in Congress, to assess a special tax on Americans and give the money to Third World nations. In a resolution, the...
by Jane Richey | Aug 23, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Vice President Joe Biden, speaking at a high school in Detroit Wednesday, said “it won’t cost the government a penny” to help more homeowners stay in their homes, “if the Republicans would just get out of the way.” Biden took credit for cutting taxes for the middle...
by Jane Richey | Aug 23, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The long-awaited inspector general’s report on the Justice Department’s botched gun-running scheme is finished, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said on Wednesday. But along with that news comes more questions: Issa and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) are...
by Jane Richey | Aug 22, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
In America’s struggling economy, fossil fuel production stands out as a bright spot. Currently, 9,000,000 Americans work in the oil and natural gas industry, and another 550,000 Americans work in coal mining. Wages for these jobs are well above average, and production...
by Jane Richey | Aug 22, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed a brief Monday explaining its decision to deny a petition that would have exempted refiners from part of a biofuel blending mandate. The documents filed Monday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia...
