by Jane Richey | Aug 18, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
President Obama on Saturday called on lawmakers to pass legislation to help cash-strapped state and local governments hire teachers and said Republican budget cuts would set back America’s education system. In his weekly address, Obama noted the coming start of the...
by Jane Richey | Jul 17, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Republicans and Democrats seized on a new report estimating that automatic budget cuts will cost the economy 2 million jobs to level election-year charges that underscored the deep political divide over how to avert the looming crisis. Roughly five months until the...
by Jane Richey | Apr 6, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Hundreds of Penn State students stormed the state’s capital city in hopes of restoring state funding to their university. Gov. Tom Corbett proposed cutting the university’s state funding by 30 percent for the second consecutive year. The proposed cut for...
by Jane Richey | Apr 5, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Penn State students and alumni teamed up for Penn State Capital Day to visit legislators and rallied against a proposed 30 percent cut to Penn State’s state budget appropriation. Students and alumni stood on the steps during a rally held in the state Capitol...