Only 19 days after credit rating service Moody’s announced the United States was at risk of losing its top-notch triple-A credit rating due to soaring… Read More
Foundry readers should check out the Wall Street Journal‘s editorial on President Bush’s proposal for a national Pell Grants for Kids school voucher program. The… Read More
Congress has had 178 days since the Protect America Act was signed on August 5, to come to an agreement on how to modernize the… Read More
As bad as portions of current stimulus package are, it is looking like the Senate, led by Sens. Max Baucus (D-MT), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), and… Read More
We encourage you to read progressive bloggers on FISA. No really, go here, here, and here. Got all that. Now after reading those posts, what… Read More
Tomorrow the Senate Finance Committee is considering a step toward openness and transparency for committee meetings but there are still some big loopholes in the… Read More
President Bush got the government’s response to the housing crisis half right. The administration’s voluntary HOPE NOW program is the way to go, while his… Read More
Since 1966 the major networks follow the their television production of the President’s State of the Union Address by giving a representative of the opposition… Read More
President Bush may have promised to veto any spending bill that does not cut the number and cost of earmarks in half, but as commentators… Read More
In his final State of the Union address, the President not only raised the politically contentious issue of making tangible progress on advancing pending free… Read More
President Bush used the State of the Union speech to remind Americans about the progress made in Iraq during the last year under his new… Read More
In addressing earmarks in the State of the Union, President Bush said, “I also asked you to stop slipping earmarks into committee reports that never… Read More
The President made a good case for congressional approval of the three pending trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama and their nearly 100… Read More
Once again the president said all the right words. Broken borders are no longer acceptable. Immigration laws have to be enforced. The sanctity of citizenship… Read More
President Bush rightly reminded America that “cutting and running” in Iraq was a bad idea, and that renewed effort and a different strategy made all… Read More
The clock is ticking. Congress has less than a week to pass legislation to extend the important intelligence surveillance authorities of the Protect America Act… Read More
President Bush should be commended for recognizing the need to expand nuclear energy in the United States. As a CO2-free, safe, affordable source of energy,… Read More
According to eWeek’s Roy Mark, the word “Internet” has never appeared in a State of the Union address by George W. Bush. Nor has the… Read More
On energy and environment, the President offered no big policy changes for his final year, and in particular declined to endorse any major climate change… Read More
President Bush’s State of the Union message once again calls on Congress to address the coming tsunami of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid costs. With… Read More
In education, as in so many other areas, President Bush is looking to establish his legacy. On No Child Left Behind, no one will be… Read More
President Bush has zeroed in on the key weakness of the American health care system: the inequitable and unfair federal tax treatment of health insurance…. Read More
Taxpayers should welcome President Bush’s pledge in the State of the Union to veto spending bills that do not cut the number of earmarks in… Read More
President Bush is correct in saying “the long run, Americans can be confident about our economic growth.” Despite the current economic slowdown, productivity remains healthy… Read More
Last year Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) and ranking Republican Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) proposed legislation to create a task force to study the long-term fiscal problem… Read More
Progressives are in near hysterics over the possibility that the temporary changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act made in August 2007 will be made… Read More
The Washington Post reports this morning that “the Democratic-led House” wasted $89,000 in tax payer money on “so-called carbon offsets” that did not reduce any… Read More
Since some presidential candidates have based their entire campaigns on bringing ‘change’ to Washington through new ethics laws, it is worth highlighting stories that demonstrate… Read More
Today The Heritage Foundation hosted Shadow Justice Minister and Member of Parliament in Zimbabwe, The Honorable David Coltart (watch his address here). Coltart gave a… Read More
With United States intelligence gathering capabilities set to be hobbled on February 1st, the Senate has scheduled a cloture vote on Monday for legislation that… Read More
