Jay Carney: Obama Stimulus Broke “the Back of the Recession”
Last week, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney made a bold assertion: President Obama’s 2009 economic stimulus law is “widely recognized to have broken the back of the recession.”...
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Steny Hoyer: Food Stamps, Welfare Programs Stimulate the Economy
As a contentious “farm” bill rages in Congress, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) argued Tuesday that unemployment insurance and food stamps (which are included in the legislation) are...
Obama Pledges More Taxpayer Dollars for Green Energy
Speaking at a campaign event in Cincinnati, Ohio on Monday, President Obama insisted that he does not make the same mistake twice, and that he would remain steadfast in...
Obama to the Wealthy: “You Didn’t Get There on Your Own”
In a recent speech delivered to supporters in Roanoke, Virginia, President Obama reignited a class warfare-brand of rhetoric that is sure to inflame many hardworking Americans who have labored...
Businesses, Investors Protest Eminent Domain in Virginia and California
Compelled under the despotic power of a local government in Virginia, one business owner is losing his property under the government’s alleged authority of eminent domain. And it’s not...
Kansas Gas Station First to Offer E15 Ethanol-blend Fuel
Acting on the Obama administration’s inexorable push for alternative fuel, a gas station in Lawrence, Kansas, has become the first in the nation to offer E15 fuel, a blend...
Eric Holder Likens Texas Voter ID Law to “Poll Tax”
Railing against Texas’ contentious new voter ID law, Attorney General Eric Holder likened Gov. Rick Perry’s effort to curb voter fraud to a “poll tax” — a post-slavery effort...
Obama Stimulus Funding Goes Abroad, Outsources Jobs
The Obama campaign has been vocal in its dissent of job outsourcing, using Romney’s past business endeavors as an indication of his performance on domestic job-creation. However, Obama’s $787-billion American...
DOL Axes Rules to Regulate Child Farm Labor
Farmers are celebrating the defeat of a proposed federal law that would have barred children from operating power equipment on private land, which would have barred kids from helping...
California Lawmakers Approve Construction on High-Speed Rail System
Disregarding the state’s mounting budgetary woes, California lawmakers green-lighted the first phase of construction on a controversial high-speed rail line that has become littered with financial hiccups and logistical...
Workers Receiving Federal Disability Surpasses Population of NYC
The number of workers receiving federal disability insurance payments has spiked by more than 26,000 over the past month, bringing the total sum up to a record 8,733,461, according to the Social Security...
N.Y. State Sues Ex-Head of Pro-Abortion Group For Lavish Spending
Kelli Conlin, a former president of NARAL Pro-Choice New York has been accused of pocketing $250,000 in charitable money to fund her lavish lifestyle. ...
Lawmakers, Cattle Feeders Question EPA Flyover Program
Congressional lawmakers and Midwest ranchers are pushing back against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) after discovering that federal authorities are flying over private lands to monitor farm operations. The...
Another DOE-subsidized Solar Company to File For Bankruptcy
Following the trend of other failed “green” energy companies, Abound Solar, a solar panel firm announced Thursday it will file for bankruptcy. ...
Supreme Court Ruling on ObamaCare to Boost Insurance Premiums
Now that the Supreme Court has delivered its final verdict on ObamaCare, which upheld the law’s contentious individual mandate, insurance providers and industry groups are warning of even greater...
Lawmakers Compromise Over Transportation, Student Loans Bill
Battling over a transportation bill that now also addresses student-loan interest rates, congressional lawmakers are scrambling to appease their constituents in a legislative boondoggle littered with election-year politics. Aimed...
Chinese Father Disappears After Protesting Wife’s Forced Abortion
The man whose wife fell victim to the Chinese government’s strict one-child policy has gone missing after he posted photographs online of his wife and their aborted baby. Government...
D.C. Court Rules in Favor of EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Regulations
Following the three-year anniversary on which the U.S. House passed a national cap-and-trade system that would have limited greenhouse gas emissions, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the...
The $80B Food Stamp Program: Where’s the Money Going?
American taxpayers dole out $80 billion every year to subsidize food stamps for the poor, but are unsure of where and how their hard-earned dollars are being spent. Ranging...
Obama Admin. Uses Prison Labor to Advance “Green” Agenda
The Obama administration is utilizing the U.S. prison system to help bolster its green-energy agenda, while boosting foreign companies and funneling cash into the hands of Obama’s largest campaign...