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    House Can Lead the Way

    July 18, 2011 at 5:27 pm

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    Rotunda at the U.S. Capitol on July 1, 2011

    Liberals from Capitol Hill to the cable networks keep insisting that the nation will go into default unless Congress raises the nation’s debt ceiling by August 2. All along we have felt that such a claim is at least technically wrong, seeing that unquestionably we will be able to make … More

    Americans Don’t Fear Defense Cuts? They’re Wrong.

    July 18, 2011 at 3:00 pm

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    New polling data from Rasmussen Reports shows that 48 percent of Americans think that the United States can make major cuts in defense spending without putting America at risk. Unfortunately, they’re wrong. Case in point: base closures. Some in Congress are looking to the U.S. military’s overseas bases as places … More

    Top 10 Reads: July 15, 2011

    July 15, 2011 at 4:24 pm

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    Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe. Heritage Foundation comes out against McConnell plan – Amanda Carey Sea Treaty puts U.S. interests in deep water – Peter Brookes Voters get strange polling calls – Alissa Smith Regime Change … More

    Shame on the Politically Motivated McConnell Plan to Hike Borrowing With No Spending Cuts

    July 15, 2011 at 2:46 pm

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    The McConnell Plan to hike the debt limit has only one thought behind it — fade the political heat.  The Plan purportedly makes the Democratic President bear the political burden for increases in the debt limit to the benefit of Republicans, but the Plan does nothing for the good of … More

    President Obama Is Against A Balanced Budget

    July 15, 2011 at 12:35 pm

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    President Barack Obama delivers press conference on debt limit negotiations on July 15, 2011

    President Barack Obama declared in a press conference today that he is against the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act and a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution (BBA).  Obama said that a BBA is not needed for Congress and the President to balance the budget. The facts contradict the President’s … More

    ‘Quit Lying’: Conservatives Criticize Obama’s Social Security Threat

    July 14, 2011 at 5:53 pm

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    Congressional Republicans are outraged at President Obama’s suggestion that Social Security beneficiaries might not get their checks in the event that the federal debt ceiling is not raised by Aug. 2. “Have you no shame, sir?” asked Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) in a short video posted to his website on … More

    America’s Budget Mess May Be Worse Than We Realize

    July 14, 2011 at 1:58 pm

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    An article in the The Wall Street Journal recently revealed that our budget situation is likely worse than what the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects, meaning we could be in much more debt than we realize. In 2010, the federal government collected about $2.16 trillion in total tax revenue yet … More

    Top 10 Reads: July 12, 2011

    July 12, 2011 at 10:34 pm

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    Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe. Doing more by doing less – Ed Feulner On treaty, team O is ‘lost’ at sea – Peter Brookes Why is the government mailing you $2? – Rory Cooper Fix Social … More

    The U.S. Government Debt Default Bogie Man Scares No One

    July 11, 2011 at 3:20 pm

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    President Barack Obama press conference on July 11, 2011

    Ever since the debate over the debt limit began in earnest at the start of the year, the Obama Administration, led by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, has implied that the U.S. might default on its publicly held debt. In his press conference today, the President said that “it is not … More

    Chart of the Week: Tax Burden Is Rising to Highest Level in History

    July 9, 2011 at 3:34 pm

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    Total Tax Burden Is Rising to Highest Level in History

    President Obama will meet with congressional leaders tomorrow to resume talks on the debt limit. The rare Sunday meeting between top Republicans and Democrats could signal the start of “hard bargaining” after Thursday’s debt talks left the parties far apart. While Democrats want tax increases on the table in debt negotiations, Republicans … More

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    Ed Meese: We’ve Seen the Effect of “Amnesty” BeforeExperts can’t always predict exactly how public policy will affect the nation, despite our best efforts. But when it comes to immigration policy, we have tried many of the types of reforms advocated by today’s Gang of Eight—so we should consider the effects these reforms had in the past. In … MoreMore
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