About: Brian Koenig
Posts by Brian Koenig
HUD Grant Program Awards Millions of Dollars to Leftist Groups
The Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD) is doling out $42 million in federal funding for housing counseling grants to 468 local, regional, and national organizations. Intended to prevent...
New E-mails Reveal White House Concern Over Solyndra’s Finances
Solyndra’s financial woes prompted White House officials to snub company executives from President Obama’s exclusive State of the Union box in January 2011, according to new e-mails released Friday....
DOJ Issues 60-Day Extension for ADA-compliant Pool Regulations
"Pool-mageddon" was avoided last Thursday, albeit temporarily, when a federal regulation requiring all public pools to install handicapped-accessible ramps and lifts was extended for 60 days. Falling under the...
Study: Young Americans Are Less “Green” Than Their Elders
Millennials and Generation Xers have adopted a reputation for being environmental idealists, but according to a new analysis, young Americans are less interested in becoming those "green" warriors that...
Steven Chu Retracts Previous Call for Higher Gas Prices
As gas prices loom near the $4-a-gallon mark, the Obama administration has been hit with a public outburst that could prove politically lethal. And while the President is quick...
Arne Duncan: American Education Includes a “Laptop on Every Desk”
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan wants to get the federal government more involved in schools. The federal government "will do all we can" to bolster technological expansion in the...
Republicans and Interior Department Spar Over Rising Gas Prices
A heated issue now being debated amongst President Obama, congressional members, and the general public is the tumultuous rise in gas prices that Americans are now faced with daily....
Bankruptcy Attorneys Predict a Student Loan “Debt Bomb”
As more and more young people graduate from college with mounds of unresolved loan debt, financial experts and bankruptcy attorneys are calling the progressively worsening dilemma the "next debt...
D.C. Receives $885M in Stimulus Money and Unemployment Rises
Washington, D.C. raked in more than $885 million from President Obama’s economic stimulus package, but the D.C. government cannot report how many jobs it actually generated for its residents....
Obama Unveils New $1 Billion Alternative-Vehicle Initiative
To purportedly tame the progressive rise in gas prices, President Obama visited a North Carolina truck manufacturer on Wednesday to unveil a new $1 billion plan to advocate electric...
Washington, D.C. School System Spends $18,000 Per Student
The Washington, D.C., school system ranks among the worst in the country, despite spending a lofty $18,000 per student. According to Texas Congressman and Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul,...
EPA Regulations on Coal Become an Election Issue
The Obama administration continues to deflect blame over soaring gas prices, and conservatives and congressional Republicans have been quick to excoriate the President for his costly environmental measures. President...
Obama Attended 1998 Play Called “The Love Song of Saul Alinsky”
Along with a relaunch of the newly designed Breitbart.com, Andrew Breitbart's last column before his death was published Sunday, and it exposed the President in "a story that should...
Senate Democrats Pitch Transportation Bill as a Job Creator
In another purported attempt to spur "job creation," Senate Democrats will try to transform their $109-billion transportation bill into law this week. In this delicate economic time, and as...
Kathleen Sebelius: Reducing Pregnancies Will Cut Healthcare Costs
While fielding questions from the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health regarding President Obama’s 2013 budget proposal, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius alleged that a...