As lawmakers prepared to head home from Washington for the long August recess, one ambitious organization sent them packing with a blueprint for delivering conservative policy reforms that emphasize opportunity for all Americans. Heritage Action for America, the lobbying arm of The Heritage Foundation, today delivered “Conservative Policy Agenda: Opportunity for All, Favoritism for None” […]
The House Ways and Means Committee today released emails from Lois Lerner, former head of the Internal Revenue Service’s tax-exempt organizations division, in which she uses a vulgar anatomical expletive to refer to conservatives and says “it’s our own crazies that will take us down.” Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich., details the Lerner […]
An Export-Import Bank official who was fired on suspicion of taking cash in exchange for helping a Florida company obtain financing cited his Fifth Amendment right in declining to testify today during a House hearing examining corruption and fraud at the bank, a federal agency. Johnny Gutierrez opted not to answer questions after being subpoenaed […]
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(CNSNews.com) – House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says the United States must look to Qatar, an ally of the terrorist group Hamas, for advice in resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. “And we have to confer with the Qataris, who have told me over and over again that Hamas is a humanitarian organization,” she told CNN’s […]
The annual Medicare Trustees report was released today, detailing the dire financial status of the Medicare program. In large part, it reiterates what has been known for decades, the Medicare program faces an unsustainable financial future, which imposes a major burden on taxpayers and jeopardizes access to care for seniors. A few of the report’s […]
Melissa Quinn is a news reporter for The Daily Signal. Source material can be found at this site.
Rob Bluey is editor in chief of The Daily Signal and leads The Heritage Foundation’s digital media department. Source material can be found at this site.
Sam, the wealthiest man in his neighborhood, lives in a big beautiful house with a massive backyard punctuated by a large, deep swimming pool. While Sam is personally not very fond of children — he supports abortion on demand and believes the government should force all employers to offer female workers free sterilizations — he […]
(CNSNews.com) – Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) expressed disbelief on Sunday after Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States “has never been more engaged in helping to lead in more places than we are now.” Kerry also said the American people “ought to be proud” of President Obama’s “peaceful, diplomatic engagement” in the world’s […]
