by Jane Richey | Mar 30, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
In case you missed it, there was quite a performance in the U.S. Senate yesterday. Liberals put on an election-year show, with the personal encouragement of President Barack Obama, in which they attempted to impose higher taxes on the oil industry as punishment for...
by Jane Richey | Mar 24, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Do you believe that Presidents can affect the price of gasoline? Well, sometimes the media thinks that he can and sometimes they think that, even though he can keep the waters from rising and the climate from changing, he can’t. I’m talking, of course,...
by Jane Richey | Mar 22, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
As you drive America’s ribbon of highway, from California to the New York island, there’s one reality that can’t be escaped — gas prices keep going up, with no end in sight. But instead of taking action to bring relief to the American people, the Obama Administration...
by Jane Richey | Mar 20, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
House Republicans are planning new legislation to thwart Environmental Protection Agency rules that they argue could worsen rising gasoline prices. While details remain scarce, the new bill could provide Republicans a rallying point for continued attacks on the White...
by Jane Richey | Mar 19, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) was established as a safeguard against emergencies such as the cutoff of oil supplies from the Middle East. Even when prices have spiked, previous administrations have been loath to tap the SPR. President George H.W. Bush drew...