About: Brian Koenig
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ObamaCare Causes Health Insurance Premiums to Rise
Health insurance costs continue to rise as President Obama’s healthcare overhaul begins to affect Americans’ insurance premiums, according to a study by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health...
Senate Axes House Bid to Trim $25 Billion Green Car Loans
Despite ongoing controversy over the federal government’s scandalous loan guarantee to the now-bankrupt Solyndra, a $25 billion green-car loan fund has managed to avoid the congressional guillotine. The Department...
81% of Americans Dissatisfied with Federal Govt
A new Gallup poll found a record-breaking 81 percent of Americans dissatisfied with the U.S. government?s performance, as the economy remains stagnant and the country?s fiscal integrity wanes. The...
Chicago Labor Leader Collects $158,000 Public Pension
Infamous for political corruption, the city of Chicago rehired for one day former union leader Dennis Gannon (left), who as a result netted $158,000 in a public pension, according...
Will the WAPA Loan Program Be the Next Solyndra?
As the Solyndra bankruptcy debacle begins to unwind, President Obama and political leaders will find that an increasingly bright light is shone on the federal government’s mischievous administration of...
Bill Clinton Rejects Obama’s Millionaire Tax Plan
Former President Bill Clinton says Obama’s approach to taming the federal deficit "is a little confusing" and suggests that raising taxes would blockade any efforts to revive the stale...
AP: Obama Wrong About Middle Class Tax Payments
The Associated Press "fact-checked" President Obama?s combative proclamation that "middle-class families shouldn?t pay higher taxes than millionaires and billionaires." In broadcasting his new "Buffett Rule" for millionaires ? his so-called...
Obama: “If You Love Me, You Got to Help Me Pass This Bill”
President Obama declared to an impassioned crowd of students at North Carolina State University Wednesday, "If you love me, you got to help me pass this bill!" In an...
House Republicans Question Solyndra Loan Guarantees
A U.S. House committee reported that President Obama?s aides pressed White House budget officials to review a $535 million federal loan guarantee to Solyndra, a failed solar-maker manufacturer that...
Census Bureau’s U.S. Poverty Report a Boon For Obama’s Jobs Agenda?
Released on Tuesday, the Census Bureau’s annual report flashed a dismal economic outlook, showing that U.S. poverty has exceeded 46 million people — nearly 1 in 6 Americans —...
Report: Oil Industry Could Create One Million Jobs by 2018
By erasing burdensome regulations, the oil industry could create one million jobs by 2018 and more than 1.4 million by 2030, according to an analysis released by the American...
Republican Bob Turner Leads in Race for Weiners Former Seat
Bob Turner (left), former television executive and the Republican candidate vying to secure Anthony Weiner's former congressional seat, has swiped first place in a new poll by Siena College Research Institute....
FBI Raids Solyndra Headquarters After Bankruptcy Filing
The FBI is investigating bankrupt solar-panel maker Solyndra after the company secured more than $500 million in loan guarantees from the federal government. Glorified by President Obama as "the...
Longshoremen International Union Breaches Port of Longview
Hundreds of protestors from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) breached the Port of Longview in Washington state, dumping grain, damaging railroad cars, and assaulting security guards. After...
ACLU of Florida Sues for Drug Testing of Welfare Applicants
A 35-year-old Navy veteran, Luis Lebron, is suing the state of Florida over its policy that all welfare applicants be drug tested prior to receiving benefits. The American Civil...