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Obama Wants to Reverse Sequestration. What You Need to Know.
Four years into the Budget Control Act of 2011, President Obama is expected to once again ask Congress to break its commitment to reduce spending. Congress should stick to it. Obama's budget, expected on Monday, will reportedly propose to spend more than is allowed under the statutory, sequester-enforced Budget Control Act spending caps. If Congress…Romina Boccia -
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Obama’s Allowing More Drilling, But It’s Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be
One step forward, two steps back. That sums up the Obama administration’s proposed lease plan for oil and natural gas drilling. The proposal includes the mid- and south-Atlantic regions, which had been blocked from energy exploration. But any new areas of exploration are just making up for areas lost in 2010, and the president’s plan…Katie Tubb -
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What’s Wrong With Obama’s Rush to Change Doctors’ Medicare Payments
Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell has unveiled a major initiative to push Medicare physicians and other medical professionals out of fee for service (FFS), which pays based on specific services rendered, and into alternative payment models (APMs). Before deciding that all Medicare providers must abandon Medicare fee-for-service, the Obama administration should make sure…John O’Shea -
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Obama Proposes Eliminating Tax Cut Designed to Help Families Save for College
The Obama administration will soon propose raising taxes on middle-income families struggling to save for college–at a time when college costs are higher than they’ve ever been. For years, families have been using 529 college savings accounts. Once you invest after-tax dollars in these accounts, the money grows tax-free and you can withdraw the initial…Lindsey Burke -
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Obama Keeps Repeating This Same False Claim About Citizens United Decision
At almost the same time that protesters mad about the Citizens United decision were disrupting the start of the Supreme Court’s session on Wednesday, the White House issued a “Statement from the President” condemning the decision on its fifth anniversary. And once again, President Obama repeated the same false claim about “foreign corporations” that he…Hans von Spakovsky -
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How Obama’s Decision to Minimize U.S. Role on World Stage Has Worked Out
After taking office, President Obama embarked on one of the riskiest experiments in American history. He decided to see what the world would look like if the United States pulled back from its role as guarantor of global stability and underwriter of the international order. Six years later, we know. The more we withdrew, the…Kim Holmes -
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Obama Ignored Entrepreneurship in State of the Union
In the State of the Union, President Obama talked about many of the priorities he has for the nation moving forward. But entrepreneurship, it seems, isn’t one of them. In his 6,493-word speech, the phrases “entrepreneur” and “small businesses” each appeared only once. The only time Obama did directly mention helping entrepreneurs was while pledging…David Allen -
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Cartoon: Obama Is Robin Hood
From Heritage Foundation's Robert Rector and Rachel Sheffield: President Obama’s new tax plan, which he discussed in part in the State of the Union, lays out new proposals that he claims would help low- and middle-income families. These included a new tax credit program for dual-earner families and an expansion of the Earned Income Tax…Glenn Foden -
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Florida Lawmaker: Obama’s Cuba Deal ‘Great’ for Castro Regime, ‘Bad’ for US
Rep. IIeana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., today criticized what she called President Obama’s “wrong-headed” move to normalize relations with Cuba. As landmark talks for the United States and Cuba to restore diplomatic ties wrapped up today in Havana, Ros-Lehtinen, who is Cuban-American, warned the Obama administration to proceed cautiously. “It’s a bad deal for the United States…Josh Siegel -
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Mike Huckabee Tells Megyn Kelly Why Obama’s Approach to Iran Is Dangerous
By giving Iran more leeway as it tries to build a nuclear weapon, President Obama is trusting a “rabid dog,” former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said last night. “You don’t take the chain off a rabid dog,” Huckabee told Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly, “but that’s what we’ve done.” Huckabee, who recently left his own…Ken McIntyre -
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Incredibly, Obama to Give Interviews to These 3 YouTube Stars
President Obama is doing post-State of the Union interviews today with 3 YouTube stars: Hank Green, Bethany Mota and GloZell Green. Watch some excerpts from the trio’s respective YouTube videos in the montage assembled by multimedia company Grabien.Daily Signal Staff -
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Obama’s State of the Union Speech Showed He’s Just Moving Further to the Left
Is President Obama trying to poison the waters of compromise with his push to the far left on business and economic matters? That was the topic of my interview on Fox Business this week and the short answer is, yes. From authorizing green cards for millions of people here illegally to lifting sanctions against Cuba,…Genevieve Wood -
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Fact Checking Obama’s Jobs Claims in State of the Union
President Obama talked at length about jobs, the minimum wage and salaries during his State of the Union speech. Here we look at some of his claims and whether they're true or not. Claim 1: "Our economy is growing and creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999." From Heritage's James Sherk: President Obama celebrated…James Sherk -
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Was 2014 Really the Warmest Year On Record? Fact Checking Obama’s Climate Claims in State of the Union
President Obama talked about climate change during his State of the Union speech Tuesday night. Was what he said accurate? We turn to Heritage experts to find out. Obama said “2014 was the planet’s warmest year on record. Now, one year doesn’t make a trend, but this does – 14 of the 15 warmest years…Katie Tubb -
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How Obama’s New Tax Plan Discriminates Against Stay-at-Home Parents
President Obama’s new tax plan, which he discussed in part in the State of the Union, lays out new proposals that he claims would help low- and middle-income families. These included a new tax credit program for dual-earner families and an expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) program for single, childless adults. He…Robert Rector -
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Emboldened Liberals are ‘Still Full of Hope’ After Obama Charts Aggressive State of the Union
MSNBC was the soundtrack to this party. There were Ready for Warren stickers and exasperations of “Oh, Boehner” whenever the Republican speaker of the House crinkled his face or held his applause. There were chants of “Amen” to President Obama’s complaints about high child care and college tuition costs. There was applause to presidential promises…Josh Siegel -
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6 Republican Video Responses to Obama’s State of the Union
President Obama’s State of the Union tonight garnered many responses from across the Republican Party. From the official Republican response delivered by newly elected Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa to a rebuttal in Spanish from Rep. Carlos Curbelo of Florida, members of the GOP-controlled Congress provided their own analysis to the president’s sixth address. Here…Daily Signal Staff -
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Watch 10 Policy Experts Respond to Obama’s SOTU in 6 Seconds
What if you had six seconds to give President Obama one message? We challenged 10 of The Heritage Foundation’s top policy experts to send Obama a message on a topic they felt most passionate about. Here’s what they said.Kelsey Lucas -
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The Surprising Proposals in Obama’s State of the Union
President Obama delivered his sixth State of the Union address tonight, outlining a number of domestic policy proposals and warning Republicans he would strike down any legislation that repeals Obamacare and rolls back his immigration policies. Obama entered the House chamber at 9:06 p.m. and slowly made his way up the aisle, shaking hands with…Melissa Quinn -
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Full Text of President Obama’s 2015 State of the Union Address
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans: We are 15 years into this new century. Fifteen years that dawned with terror touching our shores; that unfolded with a new generation fighting two long and costly wars; that saw a vicious recession spread across our nation and the world. It has been, and…Barack Obama