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Rob Bluey

Rob Bluey is director of Heritage's Center for Media & Public Policy.

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• ACORN Received $31 Million in Government Funding Since 1998

  Posted October 22nd, 2008 at 10:39pm in Rule of Law with 13 comments

  House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) is asking President Bush to immediately block all federal funding for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) until the FBI completes its multiple investigations of the group’s suspected voter registration fraud. Boehner said his office has identified more than $31 million in direct funding to ACORN from [...] More

• Congress Considers Another Stimulus to Boost Economy

  Posted October 21st, 2008 at 3:57pm in Enterprise and Free Markets with 0 comments

  With the endorsement of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and lukewarm support from the White House, Congress appears intent on passing another economic stimulus bill, but before lawmakers rush back to Washington after Election Day, they ought to consider the differences between a good measure that helps the economy and one that might do more [...] More

• Video: Comparing the Obama and McCain Tax Plans

  Posted October 21st, 2008 at 3:29pm in Entitlements with 0 comments

  Joe the Plumber helped reshape the presidential debate around the issue of taxes. So how do the two candidates’ proposals compare? What plan is better for the economy and job creation? Rea Hederman, senior policy analyst and assistant director of Heritage’s Center for Data Analysis, explains the differences between Barack Obama’s and John McCain’s tax plans. [...] More

• Grading the Nation’s Governors

  Posted October 21st, 2008 at 10:41am in Ongoing Priorities with 2 comments

    West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin received an “A” from Cato. (Newscom) The Cato Institute released its ninth biennial fiscal report card on the nation’s governors yesterday, and topping the list with “A” grade were Charlie Crist of Florida, Mark Sanford of South Carolina, and Joe Manchin of West Virginia. Cato grades the governors based on data [...] More

• What Should Congress Do to Help the Economy?

  Posted October 20th, 2008 at 5:22pm in Enterprise and Free Markets with 4 comments

  Following the testimony this morning of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, the House Budget Committee turned to three economists for their recommendations. Bill Beach, director of Heritage’s Center for Data Analysis, outlined his views on crafting a long-term, pro-growth economic policy. Here’s video of his opening statement: More

• The Annotated Presidential Debate

  Posted October 17th, 2008 at 12:37pm in Ongoing Priorities with 0 comments

  Over the course of three presidential debates, John McCain and Barack Obama have tackled many policy issues — but often in the form of sound bites without much context or detail. Enter a project called VoterWatch. By making it easy to annotate video with its interactive media player, VoterWatch allows users to add their own commentary [...] More

• Joe the Plumber’s $10K Tax Hike

  Posted October 16th, 2008 at 7:09pm in Entitlements with 28 comments

  Courtesy of William Warren, Americans for Limited Government Americans for Tax Reform has run the numbers for Joe Wurzelbacher. Under the tax plan offered by Barack Obama, the country’s most famous plumber would pay $10,000 more in taxes. Here’s the breakdown: Current Law: Under current law, Joe faces a self-employment tax of $20,768 and an income tax [...] More

• Opposition to Card Check Mounts

  Posted October 16th, 2008 at 6:42pm in Enterprise and Free Markets with 2 comments

  USA Today, the country’s largest newspaper, came out firmly against the Employee Free Choice Act today, concluding the legislation known as “card check” would undermine democratic principles. Heritage has written extensively on the legislation, most recently criticizing the measure for eliminating the secret ballot for union organization. USA Today didn’t think very highly of that [...] More

• Want to Cut Government Waste? Here’s a Place to Start

  Posted October 16th, 2008 at 5:38pm in Ongoing Priorities with 0 comments

  John McCain made a point of mentioning Citizens Against Government Waste during all three presidential debate. He cited the National Taxpayers Union in the last two. Today both organizations responded with a list of government waste that’s just waiting to be cut. NTU’s research arm, the National Taxpayers Union Foundation, through its BillTally program has compiled [...] More

• What You Need to Know About McCain, Obama Health Care Plans

  Posted October 15th, 2008 at 11:28pm in Health Care with 0 comments

  The presidential candidates take vastly different approaches to addressing American’s health care needs. Heritage’s Bob Moffit and Nina Owcharenko today offered detailed reports on the health care plans offered by John McCain and Barack Obama. It is important to understand their differences and their impact, so we sat down with Owcharenko today to outline the [...] More