by Jane Richey | Jun 7, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
In a belated and incomplete response to the House Ways and Means Committee’s request for Internal Revenue Service documents relating to the agency’s targeting of Tea Party and conservative groups for heightened scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status, Acting...
by Jane Richey | Dec 18, 2012 | Health Care, Politics
House Republicans demanded more documents Monday in an investigation they hope will derail a key feature of President Obama’s healthcare law. Reps. Dave Camp (R-Mich.) and Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said the IRS redacted documents about how it decided to handle the...
by Jane Richey | Aug 13, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Few of the petitioners who appear before Administrative Law Judge Manny Smith hear the word “no.” Smith grants benefits in close to 80 percent of the Social Security disability claims he hears, nearly twice as often as other administrative judges in Western...
by Jane Richey | Jul 9, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
More states are enacting or considering laws that prohibit people who get welfare cash from spending it on liquor, cigarettes, strip clubs, gambling and guns — laws that even supporters say are difficult to enforce. en states have passed such laws and at least 14 are...
by Jane Richey | Jun 26, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Two prominent Republican lawmakers are heading for a showdown over whether Congress should use money from closing tax loopholes to avert major cuts to Pentagon spending. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) has sent a strong signal he does not...
