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America’s interstate highway system, which broke ground in 1956 and was completed in the early 1990s, enables us to affordably travel more than 3 trillion… Read More
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Recent polling shows a big majority of Americans think it will be more difficult for this generation of millennials to achieve the American dream of… Read More
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Gov. John Kasich tells The Daily Signal that he’d like to see the Export-Import Bank shut down. “There’s been corruption in the bank. If they… Read More
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Does the U.S.-Canadian speed gap bother you? Americans can drive no faster than 65 on Massachusetts highways. Meanwhile Canadian motorists zip along at speeds of… Read More
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Since its inception, Uber, the breakout ride-sharing app redefining traditional taxi service, has baffled government agencies grappling with ways to regulate one of Silicon Valley’s… Read More
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The Heritage Foundation’s Daren Bakst wrote about the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to act on trans fat food in a column earlier this… Read More
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With the charter of the Export-Import Bank of the United States set to expire June 30, its supporters claim its demise would result in the… Read More
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The recent defeat of Congressional efforts to pass a package of trade legislation including Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) and Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) provides a… Read More
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General Electric Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt unleashed yet another barrage of fearmongering today about the potential expiration of export subsidies. Before a speech at… Read More
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Rep. Jason Chaffetz introduced a new Internet sales tax bill Monday that would allow states to impose an online sales tax on out-of-state businesses. The… Read More
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When I was first elected to Congress in 1998, South Carolina’s Fourth Congressional District was a reliably protectionist vote. In the words of former Sen…. Read More
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Have you heard your member of Congress say much about what he or she would do to control the national debt lately? If you’re like… Read More
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The Congressional Budget Office released its annual 2015 Long Term Budget Outlook today, including the economic assumptions on which that outlook relies. Setting aside the… Read More
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The Heritage Foundation has long pushed for dynamic scoring, going back almost 20 years to the creation of its Center for Data Analysis (CDA). This… Read More
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Today, the Food and Drug Administration released its de facto ban on artificial trans fat. In November 2013, the FDA published a tentative determination that… Read More
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The debate over the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) bill backed by President Obama, House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has turned… Read More
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Supporters of the Export-Import Bank cheered last week when the majority of United States senators voted in favor of reauthorizing the embattled agency. However, the… Read More
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President Obama recently acknowledged what every sane person knows to be true: The best anti-poverty program is a job. Obama said this at a recent… Read More
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Congress does two things well: nothing and overreact. Well, I have some good news: Doing nothing when it comes to the Export-Import Bank is exactly… Read More
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President Obama’s last-minute push to whip votes for his trade bill backfired Friday as the House of Representatives killed a related measure providing aid to… Read More
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American taxpayers could be responsible for $150 million because of a deal the Export-Import Bank financed with an Australian satellite company. In 2012, Ex-Im awarded… Read More
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No nation comes close to the United States when it comes to creative industries protected by copyrights, such as motion pictures, music, television, visuals arts… Read More
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Today, the House will either advance—or imperil—President Obama’s trade agenda when it votes on legislation to give him more power to ink deals with other… Read More
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Evidence of a “Brain Drain” from countries with high top tax rates and a “Brain Gain” to countries with low top tax rates comes from… Read More
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NBC News released Tuesday a poll with the following question: Which is more important to you? Protecting American industries and jobs by limiting imports from… Read More
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Two threats from lawmakers in Washington could hamper the still ongoing development of the Internet and raise taxes on Americans already struggling under a hefty… Read More
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As its expiration date nears, the Export-Import Bank’s biggest beneficiaries and supporters are warning that Ex-Im’s end could be bad for business. But what would… Read More
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This afternoon, the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management will hold a hearing on “Wasteful Spending in the Federal Government.” Romina Boccia, the Grover M. Hermann… Read More
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Freedom requires that one be safe and secure in one’s possessions—a world in which criminals steal or destroy others’ property at will is neither free… Read More
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Congress has a particularly bad habit of bailing out federal programs without addressing the underlying problems that caused failure in the first place. This round,… Read More
