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 […]
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 […]
Sumon Yusuf/Polaris/Newscom Since late last year, workers in Bangladesh have been beset by tragedy after tragedy. First there was a factory fire that killed over 100 garment workers in November. Then last month a garment complex collapsed, killing over 1,000 people. Now, as if to add insult to injury, the Obama Administration is threatening to […]
Newscom Advocates of the Obamacare Medicaid expansion have produced a number of studies in various states that project significant economic benefits if states adopt the expansion. However, most of those studies omit one or more key factors that, when included, make expansion scenarios look considerably less rosy. Job creation. Many state-level studies project that adopting […]
PASCAL SAURA/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom Last Wednesday, off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii, the Navy cruiser USS Lake Erie conducted a successful test of the next-generation missile defense weapon, engaging and destroying a dummy target warhead that had separated from a short-range attacking rocket. The Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) is designed to seek and kill both attacking rockets […]
GOSNELL FOUND GUILTY MURDER OF 3 Babies Born Alive 2 Counts of Conspiracy 1 Involuntary Manslaughter 21 Illegal Late-term Abortion 208 Informed Consent Violations 237 Criminal Convictions DODGES Death Penalty via Abeyance of Appeal Demand ABORTUARY AND INFANTICIDE INVESTIGATIONS NATIONWIDE Compel Congress to Defund Planned Parenthood and ALL Other Institutions of DEATH Now! URGENT: ABC […]
WHITE HOUSE RELEASES EMAILS Within 67 Hours Of Benghazi Attack! MORE QUESTIONS MORE CONTRADICTIONS Dems Say Case Closed – HR 36 Says NO WAY SELECT HERE TO BLAST-FAX BOEHNER NOW! URGENT ALERT: According to emails released by the White House, communications about Benghazi were flying among the Obama inner circles – but not until 67 […]
Andrew Burton/Reuters/Newscom In light of a recently overturned guilty verdict in a sexual assault case, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has called on Congress to modify the military criminal justice system, specifically this authority to overturn a court-martial. Appropriately, an independent review panel has been established to review the issue of sexual assault in the […]
