Tag: national
member name: AC W.
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September 30, 2009 02:31 PM EDT --
The Politico reported September 30 that the U.S. Congress is all set to allocate more taxpayer dollars -- to itself. How much more are we talking here? According to Politico, it's a healthy 5.8% . . .
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October 02, 2009 09:21 PM EDT --
The Wall Street Journal reported October 1 that nearly 3/4 of a million senior citizens will lose their Private Fee for Service Medicare Advantage plans next year as insurance companies drop the . . .
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October 10, 2009 09:05 AM EDT --
A new Rasmussen report from October 9 finds that a majority of voters prefer middle class tax cuts over new government spending for health care reform. Fifty-four percent of respondents favored . . .
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October 15, 2009 01:27 PM EDT --
APMyWay ran a story October 14 reporting that President Barack Obama is asking Congress for payments of $250 to senior citizens because there will not be an increase in Social Security payments during . . .
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October 21, 2009 05:00 PM EDT --
An Associated Press story posted on Breitbart.com October 21 reports that the unemployment rate in 23 states went up last month. Now, the line from the AP is really kind of interesting.
The . . .
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September 11, 2009 01:33 PM EDT --
Former Alaska Governor and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin responded to President Obama's healthcare reform speech to Congress with a posting on her Facebook page September . . .
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September 12, 2009 10:09 AM EDT --
The Washington Post reported late September 11 that South Carolina Representative Joe Wilson, who shouted out "You lie" during President Obama's primetime healthcare reform speech to Congress, had raised . . .
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September 15, 2009 05:53 PM EDT --
The Politico ran a piece September 15 in which Jeremy Lott, editor of Capital Research Center's Labor Watch newsletter, gives President Barack Obama a failing grade on three of his most high-profile . . .
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September 16, 2009 01:46 PM EDT --
CBS News reported September 15 that the Obama administration has concluded that cap and trade legislation could cost American households up to $1,761 more per year.
The story says, "The Obama administration . . .
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October 01, 2009 01:56 PM EDT --
The Hill reported September 30 that Senate Finance Committee Democrats voted down a Republican proposal that would have forced immigrants to show a photo ID before enrolling in federal healthcare . . .
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October 01, 2009 05:34 PM EDT --
An article in the Wall Street Journal October 1, written by Harvard economist Robert Barro and recent Harvard graduate Charles Redlick, says that government stimulus spending does not have the "multiplier . . .
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October 03, 2009 02:48 PM EDT --
This was posted by Rich Lowry at National Review Online. I thought it was funny.
10. Dead people can't vote at IOC meetings
9. Obama distracted by 25 min meeting with Gen. McChrystal
8. Who cares . . .
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September 12, 2009 10:21 AM EDT --
The Politico has reported that President Obama's chief economic adviser, National Economic Council Director Larry Summers, said the unemployment rate could remain "unacceptably high" for several . . .
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September 27, 2009 03:46 PM EDT --
Former President Bill Clinton has said in a television interview that the "vast right wing conspiracy" his wife claimed existed in the 1990s was still going strong. When asked if the conspiracy still . . .
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October 08, 2009 10:23 PM EDT --
This news release from the Department of Defense October 8 is notable for a couple reasons. First, the introduction from the news release:
"The Department of Defense announced today major units . . .
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October 14, 2009 10:38 PM EDT --
The Associated Press posted a story on Google News October 13 reporting that Colorado is set to become the first state to lower its minimum wage. The rate will drop four cents from $7.28 to $7.24. . . .
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October 15, 2009 04:16 PM EDT --
Bloomberg online ran a story October 15 reporting that a recent trend toward the Democratic Party in Virginia might be in danger. The Democratic Party touted Virginia as a purple state turning blue after . . .
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