Previewing the Senate’s confirmation hearing for President-elect Barack Obama secretary of Health and Human Services appointee Tom Daschle, the New York Times predicts: “Daschle to… Read More
Some members of Congress who may have signaled support for “serious deficit spending” earlier in the week seem to have toughened their stance after news… Read More
Barack Obama is trying to convince the American people that when it comes to his economic stimulus plan, “We’re guided by what works, not by… Read More
On December 10, Senate Democrats sent a letter to Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich writing: ““We write to insist that you step down and…under no circumstances… Read More
One of the biggest challenges President-elect Barack Obama faces in the years to come is how to both enact “swift and bold” changes to public… Read More
The left loves to scare monger over the threat global warming presents to the United States. Last year the Natural Resources Defense Council put out… Read More
For more than three years, a diverse coalition from all quarters of the legal community has been pushing Congress to help restore Americans’ Sixth Amendment… Read More
The usual suspects on the left are very concerned that Obama is pushing too many temporary tax cuts and not enough government spending in his… Read More
Heritage Senior Research Fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs James Phillips on what principles should guide U.S. policy regarding the Gaza crisis: A cease-fire agreement must… Read More
Across the country today, President-elect Barack Obama got exactly the headlines he wanted from his supporters in the establishment media. “Obama Pitches Stimulus Plan: GOP… Read More
Paul Krugman blogs: Let’s lay out the basics here. Other things equal, public investment is a much better way to provide economic stimulus than tax… Read More
Reuters reports this weekend: Obama’s transition team said it is mulling “buy American” provisions for the stimulus package that could favor U.S. companies over foreign… Read More
Krugman writes today: The biggest problem facing the Obama plan, however, is likely to be the demand of many politicians for proof that the benefits… Read More
The Los Angeles Times has a brain dead article out today explaining Why Obama’s green jobs plan might work. It contains all the usual leftist… Read More
2009 is going to be a tough year for conservatives. We face a new liberal president in the White House, an adoring and compliant media… Read More
Former-Rep. James Bacchus (D-FL) writes in today’s Wall Street Journal: President-elect Barack Obama is rightly focused on preparing a stimulus plan to “jolt” the American… Read More
Judge for yourself. Meyerson writes today: If Abraham Lincoln were still among the living as he prepared to turn 200 six weeks from now, he… Read More
It has been quite a year for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). As the Los Angeles Times documents today, despite the fact 2008 was… Read More
The Bush Administration’s disclosure that the Treasury Department had already transferred $5 billion in Troubled Asset Relief Program money to GMAC, and that another $1… Read More
Covering the Bush Administration’s latest attempt to save the free-market by abandoning free-market principles, The Washington Post reports: The new loans push the government’s planned… Read More
When Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) first came to power she promised, “the most honest, most open, and most ethical Congress in history.” She has since… Read More
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association CEO Glenn English and Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperative CEO Jackson Reasor write in the Washington Post:… Read More
There are still plenty of terrible economic stimulus ideas coming out of President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team, but there were some encouraging admissions from Obama… Read More
The ‘Participant Guide‘ for President-elect Barack Obama’s Potemkin ‘health care community discussions’ includes an ‘Over of the Problem’ section that is filled with false facts…. Read More
From the Newsroom of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums: Zoo and Aquarium Infrastructure Projects Important to Communities Silver Spring, MD (December 19, 2008) The… Read More
That is not the headline to the New York Times story on one of Obama’s Potemkin ‘health care community discussions’ today, but it should be…. Read More
This morning we highlighted the Obama Administration’s flagrant attempt to pass off their Potemkin “health care community discussions” as actual open and transparent democratic government…. Read More
If you are anything like us at The Heritage Foundation, the last two weeks of December are a time for visiting friends and family, securing… Read More
Massive deficit spending on a level not contemplated since World War II is not the only policy option available for addressing the recession. Some worthy… Read More
Defending the ever ballooning size of the Obama Administration’s proposed economic stimulus package, Obama’s soon to be White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers told Bloomberg:… Read More
