This is the article that John McCain was quoting from today on the Senate floor. JULY 27, 2011 The GOP’s Reality Test Republicans who oppose Boehner’s debt deal are playing into Obama’s hands. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: But what none of these critics have is an alternative strategy for achieving anything nearly as fiscally or […]
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JULY 26, 2011 Price controls on Part D drugs would cripple medical innovation and undermine a successful federal entitlement program. By TOMAS J. PHILIPSON Medicare Part D, the prescription-drug benefit program for seniors, has cost the federal government considerably less than was initially estimated. It’s also overwhelmingly popular among beneficiaries. But in Washington, Part D
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by Human Events (more by this author) Posted 07/25/2011 ET Updated 07/25/2011 ET [The following was originally published as the editorial in the July 25 issue of Human Events newspaper.] It has been strange to watch the mainstream media ignore the most incredible scandal of the modern era—the “Gunwalker” program used by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
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JULY 25, 2011 The President isn’t serious about real spending cuts. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: The President insists his party is offering serious spending cuts and entitlement reform. He also likes to talk about “balance,” which to him means real tax increases immediately and speculative spending cuts some time in the distant future. Behind the
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July 23, 2011 By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN DID I mention that I’ve signed a pledge — just like those Republican congressmen who have signed written promises to different political enforcers not to raise taxes or permit same-sex marriage? My pledge is to never vote for anyone stupid enough to sign a pledge — thereby abdicating
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MEMBERS OF CONGRESS – INCREASE IN NET WORTH
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July 24, 2011 The Beltway Industry Full-Time Employment Act By Michelle Malkin 7/22/2011 Dodd-Frank, the 2,300-page financial “reform” monstrosity spearheaded by Capitol Hill corruptocrats, turned 1 this week. It made too-big banks bigger. It made too-risky incentives riskier. It made a lousy economy lousier. Billed as a “consumer protection” act, Dodd-Frank has succeeded phenomenally —
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JULY 23, 2011 Notable & Quotable Syndicated columnist Linda Chavez on unemployment benefits. Syndicated columnist Linda Chavez writing at townhall.com on July 22: Several studies show that about one-third of those receiving unemployment benefits get a job immediately after their eligibility expires. And a quick survey of help-wanted signs and classified ads in most areas
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