Newscom Yesterday’s appalling attack on a London street in the middle of the day, which left a British solider dead, was a barbaric act of terrorism perpetrated by Islamist fundamentalists. British Prime Minister David Cameron acknowledged the motivations behind yesterday’s cowardly act by saying: This country will be absolutely resolute in its stand against violent […]
(CNSNews.com) – Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) said Tuesday that a pro-life group in Iowa was told by an IRS agent that its application would not be approved until the group’s board of directors swore it would not protest Planned Parenthood. “This comes directly from Iowa, one of my constituents attempted to establish 501(c)(3) charity called […]
American taxpayers cannot afford the cost of amnesty. The cost of illegal immigration and amnesty could amount to $6.3 trillion, which would fall on American taxpayers over the long term, according to a Heritage Foundation analysis. As Heritage showed, the majority of illegal immigrants receiving amnesty would receive far more in taxpayer-funded benefits than they […]
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, sharply reacted on Tuesday to remarks by PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat, who accused Israel of applying a policy of apartheid in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem. Erekat told a UN committee in New York on Monday that the Palestinian Authority would hold off on applying to UN […]
Adopting the chained CPI (Consumer Price Index) in Social Security to more accurately account for changes in the cost of living is a small first step toward fixing a broken program that is currently accelerating its own demise by paying excess benefits. Fifty-seven million Americans receive Social Security benefits, and many live on these benefits […]
By United Press International May 21, 2013 6:57 am President Obama’s staff deliberately kept him in the dark about an impending report on the Internal Revenue Service scandal, his press secretary said Monday. White House press secretary Jay Carney said during his daily briefing with reporters White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler had been notified a […]
(CNSNews.com) – Setting aside a long-held U.S. policy, President Obama — when hosting the president of Burma in the Oval Office on Monday — used the military-backed regime’s preferred term for the country, Myanmar – and not just once or twice, but a total of 16 times in half as many minutes. A White House […]
A key Senate committee on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved legislation that calls for the U.S. to provide small arms to moderate Syrian opposition groups fighting strongman Bashar al-Assad, the Wall Street Journal reports. The 15-3 vote by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee showed broad support from both Democrats and Republicans for arming the rebels, though some […]
A letter from a small group of four pro-Internet-tax advocacy groups sent to Members of Congress yesterday claims that The Heritage Foundation is wrong on the policy and the facts regarding the issue of Internet sales taxes. Their assertion falls short. There are several fatal problems with the bill, which would allow states to force […]
Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call/Newscom Senator Byron Dorgan (D–ND) told Greenwire (subscription required) that an energy efficiency bill that passed through the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee would be a necessary “first step” to more federal efforts to overhaul energy policy. The legislation, introduced by Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D–NH) and Rob Portman (R–OH), contains a […]
