Boehner: No ‘Blank Check’ for Obama
Boehner Responds to Obama’s Address: ‘The Bigger the Government, the Smaller the People’ In his response to President Obama’s televised address to the nation Monday night, House Speaker John Boehner stuck to his guns, giving no indication he would be willing to compromise with the President on a debt deal. During his address, Boehner asserted […]
Stop Job-Killing Obama Tax Hikes and Cut Government Spending, Now
It’s hard to understand why President Obama took to the airwaves tonight at prime time. He still has no plan for dealing with government overspending and overborrowing, and he gave the nation very little except a repetition of his never-ending call for tax hikes. In noting the risk of ever-increasing debt, President Obama said every […]
When America Paid off the National Debt
Winter has turned to spring and spring has turned to summer, but Congress and the White House are still debating how to handle the limit on our national debt. In the 1830’s, however, President Andrew Jackson set about an even more daunting task: paying the debt off entirely. America accomplished that feat in 1835, and […]
White House Confirms It Will Likely Sign Any Debt Deal Congress Sends
In an accidental moment of honesty, White House Deputy Press Secretary Dan Pfeiffer today admitted on Twitter that President Obama will likely sign any debt deal Congress sends his way. This revelation came in an exchange with Stephen Gutowski, the blogger known as The College Politico. Gutowski asked Pfeiffer: “Do you see a scenario where […]
Chart of the Week: How to End Deficits Without Raising Taxes
President Obama and congressional leaders can’t seem to agree on any plan to avert a debt crisis. As the White House’s Aug. 2 deadline approaches, the House has adopted the Cut, Cap and Balance Act, while the Senate has floated a number of bad ideas. Earlier this year, The Heritage Foundation formulated its own plan called Saving […]
A National Defense of Marriage
Recent attacks on the institution of marriage disregard the importance of married mother-father households to child well-being and the necessity of defending the institution of marriage for the good of civil society. At this week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on a bill that would repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), panelists supporting traditional […]
Faith Leaders Meet with Obama to Protect Welfare State
On July 20, 12 Christian leaders met with President Obama at the White House to voice concerns about the prospect of budget cuts to government welfare. The group included Jim Wallis of the liberal social justice organization Sojourners and representatives from the National Association of Evangelicals, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Salvation Army, […]
Iraq: Iran Crosses Boundaries as American Troops Pull Out
As the Obama Administration conducts its military withdrawal from Iraq, Iran has upped its involvement in the region, emphasizing how vulnerable American troops are now that forces are diminishing. News broke this week that Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces carried out cross-border military operations in Iraq against guerrillas of the Party for a Free Life in […]
Maine Seeks Escape from Its Own Obamacare-like Problems
Maine is one of the noteworthy states that worked on state health care reform in the spring legislative session. For years, Maine has suffered under poor health policy—leading to fewer insured, skyrocketing premiums, and few coverage choices. Last week, Governor Paul LePage (R) spoke to an audience at The Heritage Foundation about the need for […]
Iran Developing Bombs that Can Hit US East Coast
Elliott Chodoff, an American born political and military analyst and an IDF reserve major, spoke at the Middle East Briefing session of the sixth CUFI national summit in Washington this week. Citing Israeli military intelligence, Chodoff was quite forthright in his analysis of a possible attack by Iran. Israel cannot survive a nuclear attack. You […]
Rep. Hensarling: I Will Do Whatever It Takes to Return to ‘Fiscal Sanity’
Conservatives are taking a stand in the House, and they’re making their liberal counterparts angry in the process. The Cut, Cap, and Balance plan passed with flying colors in the House (234–190) on Tuesday, and it is now up to the Democratic-controlled Senate to shoulder its responsibility. In fact, conservative House Members are holding out […]
