by Jane Richey | Aug 1, 2013 | Agenda 21
The House Science Committee will mark up legislation Thursday that forces the Environmental Protection Agency to alter its ongoing study of the effects of oil-and-gas “fracking” on drinking water resources. Chairman Lamar Smith’s (R-Texas) bill would require the...
by Jane Richey | Aug 1, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Federal employees were paid more than $155 million of taxpayer dollars in 2011 for spending more than 3.4 million hours of “official time” on labor union activities that fell outside their assigned government duties, according to a survey by the Office of...
by Jane Richey | Aug 1, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
President Barack Obama – citing the job losses since he took office — said “the economy would be much better off,” unemployment would be 6.5 percent and the national deficit would be in decline if there were more federal, state and local government workers. “If...
by Jane Richey | Aug 1, 2013 | Agenda 21
Environmental Protection Agency is spending $6 million to “develop sustainable solutions to environmental problems that affect tribes.” According to the grant announcement, the objectives are to improve understanding of “the health impacts of climate change on tribal...
by Jane Richey | Aug 1, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Coal country Democrats and coal industry representatives were still uneasy after their meeting with the Obama administration on Thursday. West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin said it was unclear whether the president would change his approach. “We’ll have to see...
