by Jane Richey | Aug 2, 2012 | Politics
Think Defense contractors: The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, is quite clear on contractors’ responsibilities to their employees, but Department of Labor (DOL) is trying to use “the weight of the cabinet officer [Labor Secretary Hilda...
by Jane Richey | Aug 2, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Congressman Steve LaTourette, a moderate Republican who recently announced his retirement, told reporters that a modified version of the Simpson-Bowles debt plan is ready to drop immediately after the November election. The original Simpson-Bowles plan resulted from...
by Jane Richey | Aug 1, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The House approved GOP legislation late Wednesday that would extend all current tax rates for another year, and also turned away a Democratic bill that would have allowed rates to rise for higher income earners. The Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act was...
by Jane Richey | Aug 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
From StateImpactPA: Language in a bill President Obama signed into law earlier this month may reduce Pennsylvania’s federal mine reclamation funding by up to $200 million. Former Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Dave Hess analyzed an...
by Jane Richey | Jul 31, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Some Federal Reserve officials are reviving an idea that rose and fell with Alan Greenspan, the former Fed chairman, as they seek to persuade colleagues to take new action to stimulate growth. Central bankers generally set policy based on their judgment about the most...
by Jane Richey | Jul 30, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
So many people have complained that something must be done about U.S. health care. But the truth is that a solution has been staring us in the face for years — about forty years, in fact. And it all started with Ronald Reagan. In 1971, California was heading...
