by Jane Richey | Feb 27, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is suspending all military flights for congressional travel abroad under sequestration, according to a House leadership aide. The move is being made as part of the reductions in spending that congressional offices also have to...
by Jane Richey | Feb 27, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Funding for the Department of Energy increased 43.2 percent from 2002 through 2012, according to calculations based on Treasury Department data. In fiscal year 2002 (Oct. 1, 2001 – Sept. 30, 2002), outlays for the Energy Department were $17,772,000,000, according to...
by Jane Richey | Feb 27, 2013 | Voting Issues
Voting Rights Act passed by Congress in 1965 ensured that states could not get around the new law by coming up with more changes to local voting rules. For those areas that had historically discriminated against people, the law required that they check with the feds...