Latest CBO Report All But Guarantees Gridlock Over the Fiscal Cliff
In its latest 14-page report on the impact the “fiscal cliff” would have on the economy in 2013 and beyond, the non-partisan Congressional Budget...
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More LOST Opponents Coming to Senate — but Will They Be Too Late?
Opponents of the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) should be encouraged by the outcome of Tuesday’s Senate elections, according to Patrick Goodenough...
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Debt Ceiling Likely to be Raised Without Fanfare This Time
Although the Treasury warned that government borrowing would hit the debt ceiling before the end of the year, it also said it would...
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Taxmageddon Only Part of the Problem
The Heritage Foundation's calculations of Taxmageddon's impact on American taxpayers is only one of four impending disasters ready to hit on midnight, December...
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Rep. Issa Issues Subpoena for HHS Documents
According to Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, there are indications that a federal program is being used to bolster President Obama’s election chances by...
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The Fiscal Cliff, the Fiscal Gap, and the Lame Duck Congress
Private congressional conversations about how to keep the country from racing off the fiscal cliff in January are already taking place in Washington,...
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How Do Your Congressmen Vote? Check Out the Freedom Index.
With all the hoopla and media attention now being devoted presidential politics, it would be easy to overlook the importance of Congress, which...
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Senator Coburn’s “Wastebook 2012” Names Biggest Waste: Congress
For each of the past three years, Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has published his annual Wastebook, and each year the press has had a...
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Reid Seeks Federal Online Gambling Law
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada is trying to get Congress, after the November elections, to pass into law language that would...
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Sen. Lee Thwarts Sneak Attempt to Pass UN Disability Treaty
Those concerned about U.S. sovereignty have worried that Democrats would try to ram certain UN agreements — the Law of the Sea Treaty...
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McCain Anxious for NDAA Renewal for 2013
During the overnight Senate session that resulted in the passage of a “de facto declaration of war” on Iran and a stopgap bill...
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Privatization of the Postal Service Moves Closer
With the announcement that the U.S. Postal Service will be unable to make a $5.6 billion payment to its employees’ health benefit plan due on...
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Senate Bill Overrides EU Emissions Mandates for Airlines
When the Senate unanimously passed SB 1956 early Saturday morning, September 22, Annie Petsonk of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) called it “rather extraordinary.” But she...
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Senate Rejects Rand Paul’s Call to Cut Aid to Pakistan, Libya, and Egypt
Three minutes after midnight Friday leading into Saturday morning, the Senate rejected by a vote of 81 to 10 a proposal offered by...
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House to Consider Bill Targeting Fannie and Freddie
Republicans in the House of Representatives have added another bill to this week’s legislative agenda, which is already cumbersome. The addition is entitled...
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