by Jane Richey | Mar 23, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Sens. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), chair of the Senate Environment Committee, had a heated exchange Thursday over President Barack Obama’s energy policy during a hearing on the EPA’s FY2012 budget request. Inhofe began his opening statement...
by Jane Richey | Mar 10, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple (R) called on Congress to quickly pass legislation to green-light the Keystone XL oil pipeline, arguing that the Obama administration is “killing energy development.” Dalrymple said Saturday the pipeline – which would carry oil sands...
by Jane Richey | Mar 10, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
The White House confirmed Thursday that President Barack Obama personally lobbied Democratic members of Congress to get them to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline, a project that is projected to have created about 20,000 direct jobs in the United States, and more jobs...
by Jane Richey | Mar 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The Senate has rejected a GOP plan to approve construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline after President Obama made personal calls to Democrats urging them to oppose it. The 56-42 vote staves off an election-year rebuke of Obama, but will give political ammunition...
by Jane Richey | Mar 3, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Republicans used their weekly address to slam President Obama on rising gas prices, part of what the GOP says is a “coordinated campaign” to push energy to the forefront of national politics. House Natural Resources Chairman Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) pushed...
