by Jane Richey | Jul 21, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) is questioning the Obama administration’s authority to immediately provide federal firefighters with health insurance. In a letter Friday, Coburn asked the Office of Personal Management (OPM) to defend the decision with a legal analysis...
by Jane Richey | Jul 21, 2012 | Free Markets, Politics
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the nation’s most powerful business group, upped its lobbying spending in the first half of 2012. The Chamber and the affiliated Institute for Legal Reform spent $55 million on lobbying in the first half of 2012, compared to approximately...
by Jane Richey | Jul 20, 2012 | Politics
The details aren’t final yet. But Pennsylvania election officials will soon unveil a photo-identification card intended to make it easier for voters to comply with the state’s new voter-ID law. The card is to be formally announced in the next few weeks and...
by Jane Richey | Jul 20, 2012 | Politics
A report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) finds that the already record-high numbers of Americans collecting government disability checks will continue to rise, further harming the program’s finances and making it harder for low-income Americans to find...
by Jane Richey | Jul 19, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
Recent coverage has shed light on Obama’s connections to two individuals specifically: Steve Westly and John Doerr. The latter is a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm whose portfolio includes16 recipients of federal...
by Jane Richey | Jul 19, 2012 | Politics
Australia is providing a case study in the self-destructive politics of green ideology, when believers of the religion of global warming gain political leverage. Between 1996 and 2007, John Howard became Australia’s second-longest-serving prime minister, with...
