Cantor Demands Common-Sense Spending Cuts in Exchange for More FEMA Aid

Liberals are busy trying to drum up controversy over Representative Eric Cantor’s (R–VA) calls for spending cuts in exchange for more aid to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Cantor is spot on, and we are thrilled to see someone finally trying to curb FEMA’s growth. Hurricane Irene provides Cantor with the ideal case for […]

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U.S. Tariffs Penalize Back-to-School Shoppers

Though parents might be rejoicing that the time has come for their kids to head back to school, their happiness could be tempered by a little-known fact: They’re paying import taxes on everything from clothes to lunch boxes, musical instruments to pencils. In 2010, the government collected $25.9 billion in tariffs on imported items. Shoppers […]

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Obama Gives Away 8 Million Jobs

The Homeland Security Department under the direction of the Whitehouse said Thursday it will halt deportation proceedings on a case-by-case basis against all illegal immigrants who meet certain criteria such as attending school, having family in the military or are primarily responsible for other family members’ care. In essence, the Whitehouse just gave away 8 […]

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The Obama Collapse Accelerates

(Business Insider) Now that President Obama’s political collapse has reached the Jimmy Carter zone, Mickey Kaus asks: Do the Truman analogies come before or after the Call for the Wise Men? Good question! We have two relatively recent examples: Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. In Bush’s case, the Truman analogies preceded the Call […]

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Gingrich Outlines Objections to ‘Super Committee’ at Heritage Event

Former Speaker of the House and Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Tuesday outlined what he believes are the major problems with the congressional “Super Committee” that will devise a deal to cut the federal budget in the coming months. Gingrich, speaking at the Heritage Foundation, broke the problems down into three categories: constitutional, intellectual, […]

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