The House of Representatives committee of ways and means held a hearing Tuesday, February 28, 2012 to discuss the President’s Fiscal Year 2013 Budget with Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). The hearing was slow to start since many representatives did not get to their seats until after Ms. Sebelius was finished … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Utility MACT Rule, Destroying Jobs and Saving Lives?
A Cast of Characters An Native American and an Evangelical walk into a bar… Or let me rephrase that; an Native American and an Evangelical walked into the Rayburn House Office Building on February 8, 2012 to act as a part of a panel put together by the Subcommittee … Continue reading
Economic Daily Outlook
TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2012 ECONOMICS: Obama holding full news conference; housing, politics, gas prices, foreign tests on tap http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-to-hold-news-conference-amid-international-challenges-improved-standing-at-home/2012/03/06/gIQAMTi7tR_story.html President Barack Obama is aiming mortgage relief at members of the military as well as homeowners with government-insured loans, the administration’s latest efforts to address a persistent housing crisis. In his first full news conference … Continue reading
Economic Daily Outlook
MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2012 ECONOMICS: Fed Takes a Break to Weigh Outlook http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204276304577261462731503918.html The Federal Reserve is pausing after a six-month campaign to boost growth, while policy makers assess a puzzling economic outlook. Fed officials meeting next week are unlikely to take any new actions to spur the recovery, and they are likely to … Continue reading
Post Office Cuts a Double Edged Sword
By Logan Albright Last week, the U.S. Postal Service announced plans to close facilities, lay off workers and generally reduce the quality of service in order to cut costs. For advocates of limited government, this is both good and bad news. The Post Office has long drawn scorn and ridicule for its reputation as embodying … Continue reading
How NCLB Waivers Make a Bad Situation Worse
With the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) on the horizon, the Obama administration has complicated the issue by creating a process by where states may apply for waivers for the restrictions implemented by this law. While the standards implemented by NCLB are counterproductive, the way the waivers are distributed may end up doing … Continue reading
Team Romney’s misadventures through the eyes of a football fan
Are you a casual sports fan? A die-hard South Eastern Conference football fan? Maybe just someone who follows the Super Bowl once a year? If you can answer yes to any of these questions, then maybe I can help you understand the GOP primary in layman’s terms. Most of us (football fans of all intensities), … Continue reading
Economic Daily Outlook
FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2012 ECONOMICS: American earning more, but spending still in question http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/americans-earning-more-but-spending-still-in-question/2012/03/01/gIQAtxLXlR_story.html Americans are earning more money amid the strengthening job market, but economists say the arc of the recovery largely hinges on what consumers do with the extra cash. Government data released Thursday showed wages and salaries rose 0.4 percent in … Continue reading
House Committee on the Judiciary
Lie, Damn Lies, and Statistics This was Chairman Cobles (R, NC-6) opening statement for the House Committee on the Judiciary on February 27, 2012. He observed the Department of Labor concluded that unemployment is at 8.3% compared to 10% last October. Asserting that the federal government destroys jobs, and Congress is unable to create jobs, … Continue reading
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“Right of Conscience” Amendment: Blatant Misrepresentation of Constitution, Republicanism
The US Senate, today, March 1st, plans to vote on a Republican-sponsored amendment that would restore “the right of conscience” to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (AKA Obamacare). The Senate’s bill, which would hope to reverse the Sebelius/Obama Contraception regulation without any actual reference to ‘contraception’ or the regulation they hope to reverse. … Continue reading
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