Photo credit: Newscom The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) finally updated the antiquated way it analyzes business taxes. The update is an important and long-overdue step that will modernize and vastly improve the way JCT scores bills and aid in the drive for tax reform. JCT plays an integral part in improving policy by estimating […]
Now that the government is whirring again, President Obama has identified three priorities for the country. Here’s a quick look at how they stack up against your priorities. “There is a lot of work ahead of us, including our need to earn back the trust of the American people that has been lost over the […]
(CNSNews.com) – There is a “bright side” to the failed Republican effort to protect the American people from Obamacare, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) told Fox News’s Megyn Kelly Wednesday night. He spoke after Congress passed a deal ending the government shutdown, raising the debt limit, and commencing bipartisan budget negotiations. “I think we’ve identified 20 […]
In his recent remarks, President Obama made a push to get a new farm bill enacted by the end of the year. Sound agriculture and food stamp policy should be the goal, not getting a farm bill done at all costs based on an artificial timeline. The House and Senate are going to conference on […]
October 13, 2013 15:49 by Pesach Benson Auditors say £1.95 billion EU aid lost in Palestine. The Sunday Times reports: Brussels transferred more than £1.95bn to the occupied territories between 2008 and 2012 but had little control over how it was spent, the auditors say in an unpublished report seen by The Sunday Times. EU […]
To hear Senators Harry Reid (D-NV) and Mitch McConnell (R-KY) tell it, America’s long national nightmare is over. Except…it’s not. Our national nightmare isn’t the government shutdown; it’s Obamacare. Congressional leaders have been congratulating themselves on reaching a deal to spend more of our money—a deal that keeps their own special Obamacare treatment. But while […]
The CEO of a major American fast-food corporation says President Obama was “wrong” when he claimed that the costs of ObamaCare are not hurting job creation in the U.S. Andy Puzder, the CEO of CKE Restaurants Inc. which is the parent company of Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s, told Megyn Kelly on “The Kelly File,” that […]
(CNSNews.com) – Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) told reporters on Monday that he’ll wait to see the details before deciding whether to delay a Senate vote on an emerging deal to end the government shutdown and raise the debt limit. “We need to see what the details are,” Politico quoted Cruz as saying. The idea that […]
Newscom The Heritage Foundation’s Asian Studies Center recently released “A New View of Asia: 24 Charts That Show What’s at Stake for America,” an annual publication highlighting the critical importance of U.S.–Asia relations. The report documents in graphic form important economic, geographic, military, and political trends in the region and emphasizes the need for the […]
Timing is everything. And just as Congress’s focus seems to be drifting from Obamacare’s ravages on the economy, Americans are learning the reason this law’s implementation was postponed until after the presidential election. That reason is becoming clear as person after person opens the mail. Insurance costs are going up. For many, not just going […]
