IBD Editorials Welfare In America: A $1 Trillion Tab And Rising By STEPHEN MOORE Posted 02/13/2014 Republicans in Congress are being accused of fighting a “war on the war on poverty,” in part because of a tiny cut in the food stamps program last week. Democrats charge that these “cuts” will take food […]
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Pentagon has spent billions on doomed programs; cash looms large with budget cuts By Rowan Scarborough– The Washington Times Sunday, March 17, 2013 **FILE** The Pentagon, across the Potomac River from Washington, The Pentagon has squandered billions of dollars over the past two decades on weapon systems it never produced and on rosy cost
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Biden’s $459,388.65 Hotel Bill in London ‘Approximately 136 hotel rooms for 893 room nights.’ Jeryl Bier March 22, 2013 9:46 AM Vice President Biden and his entourage spent a little time in London in early February during his first foreign trip of the second term of the Obama administration. A document released today revealed
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March 8, 2013 The Drama Over, Time For Smart Budget Cuts Since 2002, total federal spending has increased nearly 89% while median household income has dropped 5%. By TOM COBURN Mr. Coburn is a Republican senator from Oklahoma. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Another source of potential savings is duplication of federal services, which accounts
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Economic Judgment Day Richard W. Rahn is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and chairman of the Institute for Global Economic Growth By Richard W. Rahn This article appeared in The Washington Times on January 22, 2013 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: The Departments of Defense, State and Justice are authorized by the Constitution
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Newsmax Text of Sen. Marco Rubio’s GOP Response to Obama Tuesday, February 12, 2013 10:34 PM By: The Associated Press The text of the Republican response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, as prepared for delivery by Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, and provided by the press office of the
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Pat McCrory Meets a Democratic Mess | February 6, 2013 | By Rick Martinez, News Director for WPTF Radio and columnist for The News and Observer Pat McCrory didn’t run for governor intent on cutting unemployment benefits and limiting Medicaid access. But that’s what he might have to do to fix the
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January 28, 2013 The Case for Across-the-Board Spending Cuts Claims to support a ‘scalpel’ over a ‘meat ax’ become excuses for doing nothing. By JEFF BERGNERMr. Bergner, an adjunct professor at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Va., has served as a congressional staffer and as an assistant secretary of state. EXCERPT FROM
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WASHINGTON TIMES HENSARLING: Government to use Sandy ‘relief’ as cover for … more spending Billions earmarked in non-storm-related expenses By Rep. Jeb Hensarling Rep. Jeb Hensarling, Texas Republican, is chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. Tuesday, January 15, 2013 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: The Sandy relief bill passed by the Democratic-controlled Senate —
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