Energy
Obama’s Folly: Gambling Billions on Green Energy
President Obama correctly calls us the nation of the Wright brothers, but his policy choices are more like Langley’s Folly.
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Budget
Obama’s Fiscal Fantasyland
The White House is portraying the President as a responsible budgeter and declaring an “Obama spending binge never happened.” On the contrary, the past 3 ½ years demonstrate fiscal irresponsibility.
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Economy
Any Way You Measure: Obama’s Jobs Claims Don’t Add Up
“The good news is, is that over the last two years we've created more than 4 million jobs…”
– President Obama
May 15, 2012
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Health Care
Medicare Actuary Tells Congress: It Is Worse Than You Think
On May 18, the CMS actuary released the Medicare “alternative projection,” which looks at the financial footing of Medicare using more realistic assumptions.
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May 24 2012On October 7, 1903, reporters, photographers, and sightseers gathered on the banks of the Potomac River near Quantico, Virginia, to witness the first manned flight. Samuel Pierpont Langley, a prominent professor and secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, constructed the airplane with $50,000 ($1....
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May 23 2012For over two years, the American people have grown even more opposed to the President’s health care law. Instead of repealing and replacing the law, the Obama Administration just signed a $20 million public relations contract for more taxpayer funded propaganda. Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-...
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May 23 2012The White House, relying on a recent news column, is portraying the President as a responsible budgeter and declaring an “Obama spending binge never happened.” The administration says “the president has demonstrated significant fiscal restraint.”
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May 23 2012“The good news is, is that over the last two years we've created more than 4 million jobs…” – President Obama (May 15, 2012)
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May 22 2012The Senate Democrats’ DISCLOSE Act of 2012 (DISCLOSE II) looks to silence political opposition for short-term electoral gain, no matter the long-term harm to free speech. Modeled after failed legislation in the 111th Congress, the bill is not a boon for more disclosure; it is a ban on political oppo...
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May 21 2012The Supreme Court decided three cases this morning.
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May 21 2012On April 23, 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its official 2012 Medicare Trustees Report [RPC Analysis]. The trustees report made assumptions about cost reductions that are mandated under current law. However, some of the assumptions are unlikely to occur such as the...
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May 17 2012Instead of creating jobs, the President’s health spending law is destroying jobs across the country. In fact, the health law includes a $20 billion medical device tax that is expected to kill at least 43,000 American jobs and decrease research and development into new lifesaving medical devices.
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May 16 2012On April 25, 2012, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee reported S. 2516, a five year FDA user fee reauthorization bill, by voice vote. On May 15, HELP Committee Chairman Harkin and Ranking Member Enzi filed an updated bill, S. 3187. This new bill includes the full text ...
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May 15 2012In January 2008, then-presidential candidate Obama said coal-fired power plants would go “bankrupt” and “electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket” under his plan to tax greenhouse gas emissions through a cap-and-trade system. After Congress rejected that policy, President Obama defiantly announ...