House Budget Committee Chairman Ryan Says Voters Ready for Budget Cuts
Despite predictable outcries against a plan advertised as a $5.3-trillion cut in federal spending over the next 10 years, House Budget Committee Chairman...
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Legislation Would Stop Government from “Picking Energy Winners and Losers”
According to CSN News March 2, House Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan., left) has again introduced legislation to repeal all energy tax credits. H.R. 3308,...
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Fed’s “Independence” Threatened by Bernanke?
With the publishing of a “white paper” about the housing market, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has rankled some Republicans that suggestions made appear...
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Taxpayers Clipped to Keep Senate Barbershop Afloat
A shave and a haircut will cost you more than two bits just about anywhere, but it’ll run you over two Hamiltons at...
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Congress Probes “Green Energy” Loans, Wasted “Stimulus”
Congress is investigating a series of questionable “green” loans made by the Obama administration to a variety of dubious companies, more than a...
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Regulatory Agencies Continue to Slow the Economy
In a recent editorial entitled “Regulation without Representation,” Investors Business Daily pointed out that a new federal rule or regulation is published every two hours,...
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House Passes Bill to End Automatic Spending Increases
For nearly four decades Congress has ensured that federal spending rises inexorably by guaranteeing that every budget item increases automatically each year. And...
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Opinions Differ About Wisdom of Proposed Military Cuts
As the Obama administration prepares to present a budget to Congress that includes $487 billion in military cuts over the next 10 years,...
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Kucinich Bill Would Tax Away “Unreasonable” Oil Company Profits
Feeling pain at the gas pump? Congressman Dennis Kucinich thinks he has a solution: Tax “unreasonable” oil company profits. The Ohio Democrat has...
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Sen. Rand Paul Blocked from Flight for Refusing TSA Groping
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) missed a flight to Washington, D.C., this morning after being detained by screeners with the Transportation Security Administration...
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Constitutional Authority House Rule XII Largely Ignored
All new legislation offered by members of the House of Representatives since January 3, 2011 is required to include, under House Rule XII,...
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House Offers Protest Vote as Obama Raises Debt Ceiling Again
How high can America’s astronomical debt reach? The level is set to increase once more in late January as Congress, in effect, rubber...
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One Lonely State Representative Opposes Indefinite Detention
Rhode Island Representative Daniel Gordon has drafted a resolution to express his opposition to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) “that suspended habeas...
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New “Freedom Index” Shows How Every Congressman Voted on Key Issues
How did your U.S. Representative and Senators vote on last summer's debt deal that raised the national debt limit while promising to reduce...
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Senator Tom Coburn’s Annual “Wastebook” Just Released
Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) introduced his annual report, "2011 Wastebook,” noting, “This report details 100 of the countless unnecessary, duplicative, or just plain...
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