President Bush and congressional Democrats appear ready to put their partisan differences behind them and strike a deal on an economic stimulus package. However, before lawmakers and the White House get too cozy, conservatives are reminding Bush to consider the consequences of issuing tax rebates — repeating a mistake his …
Rep. Baron Hill, a Blue Dog Democrat from Indiana, voiced concern today about the rush for Congress to pass an economic stimulus plan. During the question-and-answer portion of this morning’s hearing before the Joint Economic Committee, Hill noted that Democrats violated PAYGO rules when they passed a one-year freeze for …
Members of Congress turn their attention to the economy this morning with a Joint Economic Committee hearing about what lawmakers should do to avoid a recession. They’ll hear testimony from former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, Economic Policy Institute President Lawrence Mishel and Heritage’s Bill Beach, director of our Center …
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Just days after releasing a plan to reduce government spending, Fred Thompson continued his assault on earmarks, promising today that if elected president he would sign an executive order canceling lawmakers’ pork-barrel projects. President Bush is considering the idea, which is strongly opposed by congressional appropriators but supported by fiscal …
A day after his victory in the New Hampshire primary, Sen. John McCain spoke with bloggers about a variety of issues, including the option of a presidential executive order canceling earmarks in the omnibus spending bill. Erick Erickson of RedState posed the question to the Arizona senator, who has long …
Heritage Foundation President Ed Feulner kicked off our What Would Reagan Do? campaign yesterday with interviews on Laura Ingraham‘s and Sean Hannity‘s radio programs. Feulner discussed the first principles that President Reagan believed in and why candidates seeking the presidency today should follow in his footsteps.
Heritage’s Mike Franc breaks down the debate over pork-barrel spending and makes the case for President Bush to end earmarks in our latest Heritage in Focus video. Franc highlights one of the nearly 10,000 earmarks in the omnibus bill: a gas station in the Ohio district of Rep. Dave Hobson.
