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 31st. ...
Congress
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 hiding the negative impacts of ObamaCare. Issa has...
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, but few are willing to give many details. With...
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 possesses more powers than the president. Yet how...
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 field day digging into the 200-page report to...
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 preempt from the states the right to regulate...
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 (LOST), the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), and the...
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 that funded the federal government through March, Senate...
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 September 30th, calls for privatization of the archaic...
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 didn’t mean that as a good thing. It...
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 Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) to hold aid to...
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 the Market Transparency and Taxpayer Protection Act and...
Ron Paul Campaign Aide Benton Goes to Work for Sen. McConnell
Longtime Ron Paul for President campaign aide Jesse Benton announced September 13 that he would take a job working on the reelection campaign of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Benton's choice...
Congress Probes Obama Green Stimulus Funds for MSNBC
Lawmakers are investigating the Obama administration’s controversial decision to purchase over 100 advertisements touting so-called “green jobs” on the far-left MSNBC cable television outlet using “stimulus” funds, raising serious questions among...
Activists, Victims’ Families Want New Investigation of Flight KAL 007 Shot Down by Soviets
Twenty-nine years ago, on September 1, 1983, Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (KAL 007) was shot down by the Soviet Union carrying 269 innocent passengers including 60 Americans and a sitting...