Opinion
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Without Boehner, Export-Import Bank is Over
Opinion -As the calendar pages turn from September to October, thoughts shift from summery Independence Day fireworks and Labor Day cookouts to the spooky parade of Halloween trick-or-treaters.This year, coinciding with All Hallows’ Eve, U.S. -
Thank You, Speaker Boehner
Opinion -A highly illuminating article in Monday’s Wall Street Journal by Stephen Moore explained the newly transformed federal budget realities, and the reasons for them. -
Replacing Speaker Boehner
Opinion -John Boehner is a good man in a hard place. He has served in public office as a lifelong conservative, not a RINO. -
Heartland Institute Comments on Boehner Debt Ceiling Bill
Opinion -The U.S. House of Representatives is poised to vote today on a plan by Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) to raise the federal debt ceiling. -
Boehner Wins Reauthorization of DC Vouchers
Opinion -In a significant—and unexpected—victory for low-income families in the nation’s capital, the long-term continuing federal budget resolution Republican leaders brokered with President Obama included language to reauthorize and expand the -
Boehner to Lead House Education Committee
Opinion -When the House of Representatives' Republican leadership chose Representative John Boehner (R-Ohio) to head the Committee on Education and the Workforce in the 107th Congress, they had done their homework. -
Congress Must Fix the Broken Budget Process
Opinion -In 2000, our national debt stood at $5.6 trillion compared to our GDP, which clocked in at roughly $10 trillion. Today, those figures have almost reversed. Now, our national debt has ballooned to approximately $33 trillion, while our GDP has increased to $25 trillion. -
It Takes Two to Tango—and Solve the Nation’s Debt Crisis
Opinion -Unlike his recent predecessors, Biden is taking a “my way or the highway” approach when it comes to hiking the debt ceiling and negotiating with Congress. -
Congressional Records Prove Biden’s Student Loan Cancellations Are Illegal
Opinion -Editorial -The illegality of Biden's actions to forgive student loan debt is confirmed by the text of the law and Supreme Court decisions on similar cases dealing with presidential power grabs. -
This Little Engine Delivers Results for DC Children
Opinion -Editorial -Over the past 15 years, the Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) has become the Little Engine That Could among school choice programs in the United States. -
Congressional Committee Hears Earmark Ban Testimony
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Ahead of a U.S. House Committee on Rules hearing on whether to retain the ban on earmarks, President Donald Trump suggested Congress might increase bipartisan comity by “thinking about going back to a form of earmarks.” -
A New ‘Grand Bargain’ For Americans To Reduce U.S. Debt
Opinion -Editorial -A Grand Bargain would be a restoration of the balance between the federal government, the states, and the people, as it was envisioned in the 10th Amendment to the Constitution. -
Teach the Children Well (Gelbspan in schools)
Opinion -It is a propagandist’s dream to live in relative obscurity while seeing his work repeated and embraced across the land. Let me show you how it is not Ross Gelbspan I dwell on, but his words and the outgrowth from them. -
House Speaker Halts Lawmakers’ Pork Plan
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) stopped a recent effort by a group of Republican lawmakers to encourage spending taxpayers’ money on representatives’ pet projects. -
‘Drain The Swamp’: Why Are Some Republicans Still Looking To Further Fill It?
Opinion -Editorial -President-elect Donald Trump turns a very memorable phrase. What happened to "Drain the Swamp"? -
We Can’t Trust the Feds, Says Lamar Alexander
Opinion -school-choice-weekly -School Choice Weekly #135 -
New Obamacare Court Challenges Emerge
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #482 Hold on to your wallets America: It’s Obamacare’s open-enrollment season, and health insurance costs continue to go up across the board for consumers in nearly every part of the nation. -
Congress is Worthless for Limiting Spending
Opinion -It is hard for people to grasp the magnitude of the U.S. debt problem—and what the ultimate “day of reckoning” will be. The national debt reached $1 trillion for the first time in 2009. It is now well over $18 trillion. -
Beyond the Bickering, Bill Lifting Oil-Export Ban Wins Bipartisan Support
Opinion -Americans are sick of the bickering in Washington and want both parties to cooperate and get something done. Friday, October 9, offered proof that this can still happen. The house passed H.R. -
Obama’s Pacific Trade Agreement Draws Criticism
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #476 After a decade of intense negotiations, the United States and 11 other nations, including Australia, Canada, Japan, Singapore, and Vietnam, reached a tentative trade deal on Monday in Atlanta. -
Congress Should Impeach EPA Head Gina McCarthy – And Then a Whole Bunch of Other Bureaucrats
Opinion -The national Republican Party is currently in the midst of a slow-motion train wreck. Their presidential primary has amply demonstrated their Base’s profound disaffection. -
Free Trade? Yes. Anti-Constitution, Anti-Transparency TPA/TPP? Definitely No
Opinion -Flying under the free trade flag, many in DC are pushing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and fast-track Trade Promotion Authority (TPA).U.S. President Barack Obama Defends Trans-Pacific PartnershipSpeaker Rep. -
The Amtrak Crash: When Government is Ideological Instead of Lawful and Logical
Opinion -Last week’s deadly Amtrak crash was absolutely horrendous.For Democrats and their fellow Big Government advocates – it was a serious crisis they are trying desperately to not let go to waste. -
ObamaCare Is Rapidly Imploding – Will the Republican Congress Finally Do Something About It?
Opinion -How much more ObamaCare failure must mount in a titanic heap – before Congress decides to get more involved?A Congress given in 2014 a bi-cameral, bigger and deeper Republican majority – because of ObamaCare.