This Date in History: Obama Imposes Job-Destroying Drilling Moratorium
One year ago today President Obama imposed a moratorium on offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. It banned shallow-water and deepwater operations, setting the stage for a year of delays in...
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In Congress, a Welcome Desire for “Regular Order”
Photo credit: Newscom As Members of Congress left town last week for the Presidents’ Day break, a refreshing and commendable sentiment followed them: nostalgia for the “regular order” of lawmaking....
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Senate Democrats Want Unnecessary $1.5 Trillion Tax Increase
Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call/Newscom It has been nearly four years since the last time the Senate passed a budget. In that time, it hasn’t as much as proposed a budget. That at long last changed...
View ArticleU.N. General Assembly Adopts the Arms Trade Treaty
This morning, by a vote of 154 nations in favor (including the United States), 23 abstentions, and three against (Syria, North Korea, and Iran), the U.N. General Assembly adopted the Arms Trade Treaty...
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Democratic Senator: Obamacare a “Train Wreck Coming”
Newscom Recently, prominent Democrats and a union leader have publicly revealed their concerns about Obamacare. At a hearing yesterday, author and supporter of Obamacare, Senate Finance Committee...
View Article10 Reasons These Democrats Oppose the Internet Sales Tax
The Senate is moving closer to passing an Internet sales tax law, known as the Marketplace Fairness Act, despite rising opposition that includes Democratic Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Max Baucus...
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Now Congress Wants to Exempt Itself from Obamacare
Newscom No argument for Obamacare’s repeal can top the simple fact that Members of Congress do not want it to apply to them. Today’s Politico reports that the House and Senate congressional...
View ArticleVIDEO: Schumer Admits Obamacare Will Increase Health Care Costs
It’s been a rough week for Obamacare. First came President Obama’s laughable defense of the health-care law, then news spread about an outcry from local leaders in Minnesota worried about the soaring...
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Debt Limit and Tax Reform: Both Important, But On Their Own
Newscom Press reports link the coming debt limit debate with the building effort for tax reform. The debt limit and tax reform are both important, but the connection ends there, as it should....
View ArticleBuy-partisan: MSNBC Features Heritage Internet Sales Tax Video
MSNBC’s Chris Hayes showcased The Heritage Foundation’s recent video featuring two Democratic Senators–Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Max Baucus (D-MT)–pointing out the significant problems with the Internet...
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Baucus–Hatch “Blank Slate” Tax Reform a Positive Step but Too Narrowly Focused
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (Newscom) Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Max Baucus (D–MT) and Ranking Member Senator Orrin Hatch (R–UT) recently proposed a “blank-slate” approach to tax reform. This...
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Flush with Federal Cash, Obamacare Supporters Spending Money on…Porta-Potties
Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye/Newscom Even among the law’s supporters, Obamacare is in the toilet. Quite literally. As The Washington Post reports, states implementing Obamacare’s exchanges are...
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Gandolfini’s Death and the Need to Repeal the Death Tax
James Gandolfini, star of HBO’s ”The Sopranos’ (HBO/ZUMA Press/Newscom) James Gandolfini died of a heart attack last month while traveling in Rome. The Sopranos star was estimated to be worth nearly...
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Morning Bell: The Administration’s Obamacare Denial
Obamacare was supposed to go so well, we were told. The mandates. The long-term care insurance. The Medicaid expansion. All going swimmingly, right? Only in the minds of Harry Reid and the bureaucrats...
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Baucus Joins International Tax Reform Debate, but His Plan Falls Short
Newscom Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Max Baucus (D–MT) released his draft proposal for reforming the tax treatment of multinational businesses. It is a positive step, if overdue, for tax...
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Baucus Heads Wrong Way on Important Part of Tax Reform — Again
Newscom Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Max Baucus (D–MT) continues to release draft proposals on important parts of tax reform. His latest draft proposal is a deeply troubling plan. Baucus...
View ArticleBaucus Continues Losing Streak with Energy Tax Reform Draft
Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Max Baucus (D–MT) released a draft bill to reform the way the tax code treats energy. This latest draft reform plan misses the mark, just like his earlier...
View ArticleThe Senate’s Health Care Shell Game
According to the Associated Press, at the direction of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Senate Democrats are plotting to pass a bill, by as early as next week, that grants doctors a $247...
View ArticleMorning Bell: Obamacare Puts You on Welfare
This Morning Bell is the final installment of a five-part week-long series on how Obamacare will affect you. Lost in all of last weeks headlines on how the Senate Finance Committee (SFC) finally...
View ArticleObamacare Is Not Reform. It’s Just Medicaid on Steroids.
The Washington Post reports: Congressional budget analysts have given House leaders cost estimates for two competing versions of their plan to overhaul the health-care system … The report from the...
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