by Jane Richey | Jul 18, 2013 | Health Care
The Obama administration has added roughly $33 million to a contract with a public relations firm to help promote President Obama’s signature healthcare law. A spokesperson for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said the extra money was added...
by Jane Richey | Jul 18, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) on Wednesday night said the Treasury Department is lying to Americans about the size of the federal debt since it has not changed significantly for the last few months even though the government continues to borrow. Bachmann cited a...
by Jane Richey | Jul 18, 2013 | Agenda 21
The Obama administration is taking several steps Thursday that officials say will advance the energy efficiency portion of the White House climate change plan unveiled in late June. The Environmental Protection Agency will announce new efforts to help businesses cut...
by Jane Richey | Jul 18, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a $149,074 grant to study food shopping patterns that may form the basis of future shopping “interventions.” The USDA award went to the University of Kentucky in April for the study titled, “Adolescent and...
by Jane Richey | Jul 18, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Tex.) told Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke at a hearihg Wednesday that his power to move markets is “not healthy” for the U.S. economy, while Bernanke blamed inaction in Congress for the nation’s...