by Jane Richey | Jul 19, 2013 | Politics
The Treasury inspector general (IG) who outlined the IRS’s targeting of conservative groups aggressively defended his office from Democratic attacks on Thursday, saying he had never seen an independent auditor treated that way. Democrats at a House Oversight hearing...
by Jane Richey | Jul 19, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The city of Detroit filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy on Thursday afternoon. Detroit’s emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, filed the request to begin what will be the biggest municipal bankruptcy in United States history. Chapter 9 status would shield the municipality...
by Jane Richey | Jul 19, 2013 | Health Care
With open enrollment in Obamacare’s exchanges set to start in fewer than three months, the law’s supporters are attempting to change the subject from Obamacare’s many delays and glitches. Instead, they’re mounting a campaign to sell the unpopular measure to the...
by Jane Richey | Jul 19, 2013 | Agenda 21
A landmark federal study on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, shows no evidence that chemicals from the natural gas drilling process moved up to contaminate drinking water aquifers at a western Pennsylvania drilling site, the Department of Energy told The Associated...
by Jane Richey | Jul 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
As Obamacare was being pushed through Congress in 2010, the Obama administration and its allies were unequivocal in two claims: If you like your doctor and you like your current health care plan, you can keep them both. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sibelius and then-House...
