by Jane Richey | Jan 8, 2014 | Fiscal Responsibility
A new report from Congressional Quarterly suggests that ObamaCare isn’t the only item being delayed in the White House these days. Apparently the official White House budget proposal, which is required by law to be submitted to Congress no later than the...
by Jane Richey | Mar 8, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The annual salary for the director of the White House Visitors Office, Ellie S. Schafer, went from $70,000 in 2009 to $100,000 in 2012. According to annual reports to Congress on White House staff salaries, Schafer was paid $70,000 in 2009, $71,400 in 2010, $80,000 in...
by Jane Richey | Mar 7, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Centers for Disease Control Director Dr. Thomas Freiden could not say whether his agency assisted the White House in preparing an estimate on the number of children in Maryland who supposedly would not get vaccines because of the sequester spending cuts, even though...
by Jane Richey | Mar 6, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The White House may be closed to spring break visitors because of staff shortages blamed on spending reductions, but it looks like the White House Easter Egg roll, a party for 35,000 hosted by the Obama family, is still on. Since public tours of the White House are...
by Jane Richey | Feb 20, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
“The president will be taking action by executive order through his administration,” Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) said at a press conference on Friday unveiling his Safe Climate Caucus, which will work to pressure House Republicans to take up a climate change...
