MARCH 25, 2011 The identification of firms as too big to fail is a mad policy that will confer unfair marketplace advantages and put taxpayers on the hook for future bailouts. With the comment period now closed on its proposed rule, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) is getting ready to outline the terms for […]
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MARCH 25, 2011 By STEPHEN POWER The nuclear crisis in Japan is reviving a battle over what should be done with the spent nuclear fuel that has been piling up around the U.S. for decades. Columbia Generating Station, a nuclear power plant in Hanford, Wash. Under a 2002 law, Nevada’s Yucca Mountain is the designated
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Issa turns up pressure on FCC to reveal level of White House involvement in ‘net neutrality’ rules By Chris Moody – The Daily Caller 4:56 PM 03/24/2011 House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa is increasing pressure on the Federal Communications Commission to reveal just how involved the White House was in drafting new rules
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MARCH 22, 2011 Lower taxes and a strong dollar could spur growth once again. By STEVE FORBES Today, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, the Manhattan Institute and The Wall Street Journal will host a morning seminar concerning the economic legacy of Ronald Reagan. The get-together couldn’t be timelier. Reagan came into the White House facing
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MARCH 15, 2011 They’re drilling for oil, attracting high tech, and keeping the tax burden moderate. Result: 3.8% unemployment. By JOEL KOTKIN Living on the harsh, wind-swept northern Great Plains, North Dakotans lean towards the practical in economic development. Finding themselves sitting on prodigious pools of oil—estimated by the state’s Department of Mineral Resources at
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MARCH 11, 2011 The perils of following us toward greater regulation, higher taxes and centralized power. By DANIEL HANNAN On a U.S. talk-radio show recently, I was asked what I thought about the notion that Barack Obama had been born in Kenya. “Pah!” I replied. “Your president was plainly born in Brussels.” American conservatives have
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MARCH 15, 2011 Banking’s Scourge on Charm Offensive By VICTORIA MCGRANE And MAYA JACKSON RANDALL Elizabeth Warren has earned a reputation as the scourge of the financial industry. Banks used “tricks and traps” to carry out a “massive looting from middle-class families,” the Harvard professor and consumer advocate has said. She slammed Wall Street chiefs
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This C-Span video on Representative Young’s speech is from July 9, 2008 – that was over 2 years ago and still no action has been taken
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U.S. REPRESENTATIVE TED POE, REPUBLICAN, OF TEXAS
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MARCH 4, 2011 By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL The Obama administration has its share of headaches: a possible government shutdown, Arab unrest, the union uprising. The real migraine may be a firestorm over gasoline prices. Oil last week topped $100 a barrel, and gas has hit $4 a gallon in pockets of the country. The price
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