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    Is the President Serious about Jobs and Economic Growth? A Simple Test

    August 4, 2011 at 1:00 pm

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    Here’s a simple test for whether the President is serious about jobs and the economy: Does he rein in the Environmental Protection Agency? With the debt ceiling issue resolved for the time being, President Obama has stated his intention to “pivot” to focus on jobs and the economy. Economic growth … More

    EPA Set to Implement Economically Ruinous Regulations on Power Plants

    July 9, 2011 at 9:00 am

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    The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it has finalized a pair of new regulations on power plants expected to produce massive economic damage and unemployment in coming years. The regulations aim to reduce pollution in down-wind states, and replace similar regulations created by George Bush’s EPA in 2005 and … More

    How Higher Energy Prices Threaten U.S. Jobs

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    July 1, 2011 at 8:21 am

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    America’s trucking industry is on pace to pay a whopping $138.7 billion for fuel in 2011 — an increase of $37.2 billion over last year due to higher energy prices. That’s a lot of money for gas. And unfortunately for consumers, they’re likely to pick up the tab. A new … More

    EPA Blocks Oil Drilling in Alaska

    April 25, 2011 at 12:03 pm

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    There are an estimated 27 billion barrels of oil waiting to be tapped in the Arctic Ocean, off the coast of Alaska. But after spending five years and nearly $4 billion, Shell Oil Company has been forced to abandon its efforts to drill for oil in the region. With gas … More

    We Need a Real Fix to the EPA’s CO2 Power Grab

    March 30, 2011 at 10:00 am

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    The Senate is expected to vote today on several amendments that would affect the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ability to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gas emissions. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D–NV) told reporters that it’s now or never and voting on the amendments will “get rid … More

    Tales of the Red Tape #2: The EPA is Fueling Nonsense

    March 15, 2011 at 5:00 pm

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    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is suffering policy schizophrenia. On the one hand, it has ordered automakers to increase fuel efficiency to save the planet from global warming. On the other hand, it is setting higher quotas of ethanol in gasoline, which will decrease fuel efficiency and increase emissions of … More

    Is There No Limit to Obama EPA’s Politicization of Science?

    March 8, 2011 at 4:00 pm

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    In 1999, the Clinton Environmental Protection Agency released a report required by the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act which estimated the economic benefits of the legislation to be $170 billion in 2010. Sounds believable. Fast forward to last week, the Obama EPA released their own report on the … More

    EPA Circumventing Congress…Again

    February 23, 2011 at 11:00 am

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    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is developing the reputation for moving forward with plans Congress cannot accomplish. Last Congress, Representative Jim Oberstar (D-MN) and Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) tried to expand the powers of the EPA by introducing legislation that would replace the term “navigable waters” in the Clean Water … More

    Guest Blogger: The CRs Simple and Complex Spending Cuts

    February 16, 2011 at 11:00 am

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    Of the $100 billion in spending cuts in H.R. 1, the Continuing Resolution (CR), some are big, others are small, but all are vital reductions that help our nation regain its financial footing. In some cases, the bill simply seeks to eliminate entire programs or blocks of funding. In others, … More

    Defunding EPA’s Ability to Regulate CO2

    February 14, 2011 at 1:40 pm

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    Last Friday, House Republicans re-introduced legislation that would fund the federal government for the remainder of fiscal year 2011. This iteration included deeper cuts that would reduce spending for the rest of the year by a total of $100 billion compared to the President’s budget proposal. Though the new proposal … More

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