by Jane Richey | Jan 8, 2014 | Free Markets
U.S. Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Tom Donohue unveiled a wide-ranging plan to create jobs through boosting domestic energy production, reforming the tax and entitlement systems and slashing red tape facing the private sector. Delivering his annual State of...
by Jane Richey | Feb 2, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
Senate Republicans are renewing their vow to block any nominee to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) unless major changes are made to its structure. In a letter sent to President Obama on Friday, 43 Republican senators committed to refusing approval...
by Jane Richey | Jan 11, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Housing rules unveiled by the administration’s new consumer watchdog agency on Thursday would insert the government into the housing market in a manner unseen for decades. The set of regulations unveiled by the 18-month-old Consumer Finance Protection Bureau...
by Jane Richey | Aug 29, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Small businesses are getting a lot of focus from politicians, because they are a key engine of job creation—which has stalled in the U.S. economy. A Republican National Convention theme of “We Built It” continued the political debate over the economy yesterday. A...
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...