by Jane Richey | May 21, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The House-passed line-item veto bill, which has been endorsed by the White House, is on life support in the Democratic-controlled Senate. More than four months after the House approved the measure, co-sponsored by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and...
by Jane Richey | May 21, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The administration of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is taking a hard line on power plant pollution near his state’s border, backing an Environmental Protection Agency order for strict reductions in sulfur dioxide emissions from a GenOn-owned plant in eastern...
by Jane Richey | May 21, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Unsatisfied with the energy reductions achieved through voluntary incentives, Boulder is considering creating a mandatory energy-efficiency program for the commercial and industrial sector. The program would be similar to Boulder’s SmartRegs program, which...
by Jane Richey | May 21, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
It has been more than three years since the U.S. Senate last passed a budget. The last time Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid fulfilled his legal responsibility, Conan was still on NBC, Tea Parties hadn’t come together, and the iPad hadn’t yet been introduced. There...
by Jane Richey | May 21, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
States are exploiting a loophole in the federal welfare reform law enacted in 1996 in order to meet the state spending requirements to get a full dose federal welfare funds, Rep. Geoff Davis, chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources....