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    If Conservatives Try to Impeach Obama, He’ll Have the Last Laugh

    Does President Obama want to be impeached? Well, no. But he and his political chieftains apparently want voters to think that Republicans are scheming on how to impeach him. Every failed political leader and movement need a straw man and as November approaches, liberal politicos want to paint various Republican statements and efforts to curtail…
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    ‘No Way’ Obama’s Climate Change Plan Will Reduce Temperatures, Says Rep. Mike Kelly

    Following a speech about extremism at the Environmental Protection Agency, Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., called the Obama administration’s climate change proposal a “public relations piece.” He told The Daily Signal there’s “no way” the administration’s current plan will reduce global temperatures and warned of the “unintended consequences” for the American people.
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    Panel: Obama’s Emissions Regulations Mark ‘Unprecedented’ Executive Expansion

    The Environmental Protection Agency kicks off public hearings today on its new carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emissions regulations for power plants. But before the public has its chance to weigh in, the EPA’s plan evoked harsh reactions from a Heritage Foundation panel. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., joined the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s William Yeatman and…
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    Can the House of Representatives Sue Obama for Not Executing the Law?

    House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, believes he has the key to reining in the executive branch: suing President Barack Obama for not faithfully executing the law. But while Obama has repeatedly waived requirements of laws or chosen not to enforce them against whole categories of offenders, there’s a legal requirement known as “standing” that may…
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    Debate: Are Obama’s Climate Change Actions Helping or Hurting?

    President Obama promised he wouldn’t wait for Congress to combat climate change, vowing to use executive action wherever possible. One year later, are Obama’s actions helping or hurting? That was among the topics debated by David Kreutzer, research fellow in energy economics and climate change at The Heritage Foundation, and Daniel Weiss, senior vice president…
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    Cartoon: Obama’s Summer of Denial

    President Obama appears more committed to keeping his golf and fundraising schedule than tackling the very serious issues that remain unresolved at home and abroad.
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    Less Than 1% of Obama’s ‘Emergency’ Border Funds Would Be Spent This Year

    The Congressional Budget Office has released its score on how President Barack Obama’s $4.3 billion emergency request on immigration will be spent. The big news? The CBO score confirms that the president’s $4.3 billion emergency request is not warranted. CBO reports that only $25 million of the president’s request would be spent in fiscal year…
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    That One Time the Obama Administration Used Diplomacy Well

    File it under “things you don’t see very often.” A press release from Republican Ed Royce, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, declaring, “I appreciate the efforts of Secretary Kerry….” Accolades from across the aisle have been few and far between for an administration that has suffered an almost endless string of foreign-policy reversals…
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    Obama Must Enforce Current Laws to Solve Border Crisis

    It became her mantra. The U.S. border with Mexico, Janet Napolitano would say, “has never been more secure.” First uttered in 2010 during Congressional testimony, she repeated it often for the remainder of her tenure as Homeland Security Secretary. Even four years ago, not everyone agreed. True, illegal border crossings had dried up in some…
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    Obama Administration Launches Newest ‘Teacher Equity’ Plan

    In July, the Obama administration announced a renewed effort to ensure high-quality teachers are equitably distributed among schools. The administration asked states to create and publish plans that detail how they will ensure disadvantaged children have access to effective teachers. Specifically, the administration is encouraging states to revisit No Child Left Behind’s Title I requirement…
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    Newsflash to Obama Administration: Appeasement Never Works

    Winston Churchill once said “an appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.” The U.S. has been negotiating a deal that will leave Iran—which the State Department calls the leading sponsor of international terrorism—on the threshold of becoming a nuclear state. This is not just bad policy. This is deeply dangerous…
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    Rubio to Obama: The Border Isn’t Secure

    Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., countered Obama’s claim that the border has “never been more secure,” telling Bill O’Reilly Wednesday that the key solution to the overwhelming wave of illegal immigration is enhanced border security. Rubio pointed directly to Obama’s executive order as a primary reason this “disaster” occurred.
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    Texans Not Buying Obama’s Spending Plan for Border Crisis

    President Obama’s request for emergency funding to respond to the crisis along the southwest border drew more heat today from two prominent Texans — Gov. Rick Perry and Rep. Mike McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. “It is a very large amount of money and as you analyze it, very little of it is…
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    Amnesty Foe: Guard, Not Obama’s ‘Naked Political Maneuver,’ Will Secure Border

    President Obama’s response to the crisis on the southern border is “a naked political maneuver” because he “does not ever intend to secure the border,”  Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, charged in an interview with The Daily Signal. King, a vocal critic of what he calls Democrats’ plans to grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants…
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    Transcript: Issa Invokes Nixon in Obama’s ‘Slow Down’ Approach to IRS Probes

    Introduction by Kelsey Harkness, The Daily Signal: Today we are here at the Cato Institute with Representative Darrell Issa from California [and chairman, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee]. He talked to us about the most recent developments in the IRS scandal and Operation Chokepoint, and shared his views on whether these alleged scandals coming out of…
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    Transcript: Cruz Says Obama’s Border Plan Doesn’t ‘Stop the Lawlessness’

    Kelsey Harkness, The Daily Signal: Senator Cruz, thank you for joining us. If you do the math, President Obama’s [$3.7 billion] funding proposal amounts to $12 for every single American. Do you think this is how individuals want their money to be spent when it comes to solving the crisis on the border? Sen. Ted…
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    Obama, Wall Street, and the IMF: All Wrong on Carbon Taxes

    Last month the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recommendedthat the United States “introduce a broad-based carbon tax.” In the summary of its annual report on the U.S. economy the IMF thus echoes the climate alarmism of the Obama Administration, which has been calling for carbon-cutting policies ever since taking office. The IMF report was followed by…
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    Obama Promised a Stronger America. Is That True 6 Years Later?

    In 2008, presidential candidate Barack Obama inspired supporters with talk of a new direction in foreign policy, promising to end wars and improve relationships with allies. As president, Obama claimed in 2012 to have ended hostilities overseas and made America stronger—points that ultimately helped him continue into a second term. But throughout it all were warnings that Obama’s policy…
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    DeMint: Obama’s Statement on Border Was ‘Extraordinarily Dishonest’

    “We know the human traffickers throughout Central America are using the president’s pledge of amnesty to actually get these payments to bring these kids here.”
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    Democrat Advises Obama to Demonstrate Leadership in Border Crisis

    Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, called on President Barack Obama yesterday to fly down to the U.S.-Mexican border so he can exhibit leadership in the current immigration crisis. Cuellar said the president needs to do more than appropriate funds to fix the situation and that visiting the border would take no more than 45 minutes of…
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