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House Judiciary Committee Begins Investigation of Kagan and ObamaCare
Just 12 days after 49 congressmen requested an official inquiry into the involvement of Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan (left) with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA,...
Obama Administration Proposes Doubling Gas Mileage Standards by 2025
If the Obama administration gets its way, you can kiss your next SUV — and possibly your life, if you're involved in an automobile accident — goodbye. The administration...
49 Congressmen Seek Investigation of Kagan’s ObamaCare Involvement
Did Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, in her Senate confirmation hearings, tell the truth with regard to her involvement in formulating a defense of ObamaCare while serving as President...
Obama Administration Puts Stealth Survey of Doctors “On Indefinite Hold”
The Obama administration has called off plans to conduct a “mystery shopper” survey of doctors’ offices to determine whether prospective patients with government health insurance have a more difficult...
RomneyCare Brings High Healthcare Costs, Calls for Price Controls
Anyone who believes ObamaCare will mean lower healthcare costs and higher-quality healthcare has only to look to the state that has been suffering under the prototype for ObamaCare for...
Texas Profits From Items Confiscated by TSA
The Texas legislature has for some time now been considering legislation to criminalize the Transportation Security Administration’s groping of airplane passengers. The Lone Star State has not, however, tried...
Feds Spy on Doctors: Equal Care to Those With Private & Govt Insurance?
Physician, steel thyself: The next person who calls your office seeking an appointment may just be a spy for the federal government. ...
House Votes Against Libyan War — and Against Restricting Its Funding
President Barack Obama could not ask for a more helpful “opposition” party in charge of the House of Representatives. For the second time this month House Speaker John Boehner...
ObamaCare Makes Medicaid a Middle-class Entitlement
Among the many miracles ObamaCare was supposed to have wrought were reduced federal healthcare spending and lower federal deficits. Although those claims have long been suspect, the latest revelation...
Supreme Court: Individuals May Challenge Laws on 10th Amendment Grounds
The U.S. Supreme Court may have just opened the floodgates to individuals wishing to challenge various federal laws on the grounds that they violate the 10th Amendment. In a...
Conn. Democrats: Parental Consent for Ear Piercing, Tanning; Not Abortion
“In the state of Connecticut a parent has to give permission to have your ears pierced if you’re a minor child, and yet a parent does not have to...
Kucinich, Colleagues Sue Obama Over Libya War
Give Dennis Kucinich credit for tenacity. Having been thwarted by the House of Representatives’ leadership in his attempt to get the House to pass a resolution demanding an end...
House Passes Amendment Blocking Some Funding for Libya War
The House of Representatives is upping the ante with regard to President Barack Obama’s ongoing, illegal war in Libya. On Monday that body passed an amendment that prohibits the...
FBI Agents Get More Freedom; Americans Get Less
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is issuing a new edition of its manual, the Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide, the New York Times reports. The 2011 edition, the paper...
“Government Motors” Gives Taxpayers the Crankshaft
General Motors and Chrysler, so the story goes, have repaid the dollars the federal government loaned them to keep them from going belly up. Therefore, it is said, every...