Trump Administration
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Budgets/Taxes
Oh SNAP, USDA Finally Reforms Bloated Food Stamp Program
by Chris Talgo January 1, 2020On December 4, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) made a long-overdue and much-needed rule change to the nation’s beleaguered SNAP, commonly known as “food stamps.”
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/Energy
Trump’s ESA Changes: A Good Start
by H. Sterling Burnett September 18, 2019Don’t let them tell you the Endangered Species Act has been a success.
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Environment/Energy
Sidelined Because She Rejects Radical Green Agendas?
by Paul Driessen April 17, 2019Fish & Wildlife Service director nominee joins hundreds of others in confirmation limbo.
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Numerous prominent Democrats now support Medicare for All, the most recent proposal for a single-payer healthcare system.
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Health Care
A Health Care Choice for Americans: Promised Convenience or Guaranteed Lower Costs
by Sarah Lee January 10, 2019In 2019, Americans should expect the health care war to enter a new and more divisive chapter.
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/Energy
Prodding Trump’s EPA to Reexamine Endangerment
by William L. Kovacs January 7, 2019Use external pressure to overcome Administration inertia on reviewing Endangerment Finding.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
EPA’s Non-Politicized Science Benefits Americans
by H. Sterling Burnett October 11, 2018A direct challenge to the hardcore enviros who heretofore controlled and corrupted the agency.
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Greens are angry that Interior modified a rule they wanted to use to attack energy and ranching.
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Budgets/TaxesFeatured
There’s No Time Like the Present for Tax Reform 2.0
by Jesse Hathaway September 19, 2018This summer, youth employment reached its highest rate since 1966, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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How we long for the good old days! That is the tone of some environmental industry leaders who are screaming bloody murder (literally, not figuratively) about the Interior Department’s interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
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Health Care
Trump’s ‘Skinny’ Insurance Plans Will Help Millions of Families
by Sarah Lee August 29, 2018On August 2, the Trump administration issued a proposed rule allowing the sale of short-term, limited-duration health insurance plans, also known as short-term plans.
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Environment/EnergyRegulation
Taming the EPA Regulatory Hydra (Part 2): Further Solutions
by William L. Kovacs August 20, 2018A 5-person commission and other modest changes would bring accountability to the agency.
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In 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed Executive Order 10925, which gave birth to affirmative action.