Pimco Echoes Heritage on Taxmageddon: Congress Needs to Act Now

A few weeks ago, around Tax Day, Heritage started warning of Taxmageddon—a one-year, $494 billion tax hike that slams the economy on January 1, 2013, unless Congress and President Obama ...

Side Effects: Another Obamacare Initiative Bites the Dust

On Monday, the Obama Administration signaled that another part of its signature health care law may not be working out as planned. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) ...

Protect America Guest Blog: Pushing Back on Sequestration

America’s all-volunteer military is the most well-trained, well-equipped fighting force the world has ever seen. But the strength of our armed forces should not be taken for granted. Unfortunately, the ...

Obama’s Afghanistan Visit Timed Conveniently for Campaign Impact

President Barack Obama delivers an address to the American people on US policy and the war in Afghanistan during his visit to Bagram Air Base (AFP PHOTO / POOL / ...

Medicare: Admitting You Have a (Structural) Problem Is the First Step

A new study by the Urban Institute reconfirms a vital fact: Medicare’s massive increase in enrollment, largely attributable to retiring baby boomers, is driving its fiscal instability. This is an ...

Opening the Door to Health Care Rationing Under Obamacare

One of the biggest fears Americans have about Obamacare is who will ultimately control health care decisions: the government or patients and their doctors. New research by Heritage health policy ...

Obama Bypasses Congress, Frees Aid to Palestinian Authority

President Barack Obama has bypassed a Congress block and signed a waiver declaring that aid to the Palestinian Authority is “important to the security interests of the United States,” AFP ...

Senator Mike Lee on Violence Against Women Act

Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) made the case that the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), passed by the Senate, “oversteps the Constitution’s rightful limits on federal power.” Sen. Lee argued on ...

Washington Tries to Play Rich Uncle Sam on Taxpayers’ Backs

In 2007, Congress halved the federal student loan rate to 3.4 percent but triggered the rates to increase to 6.8 in 2012. Now, Washington policymakers are debating whether or not ...

CISPA Is Ready for Prime Time

This week, the House of Representatives will vote on several cybersecurity bills, giving rise to the apt moniker “Cyber Week.” Congress is right to act on this very important issue, ...