Movie Mocks Lawmakers Who Don’t Read Legislation Before Voting
House Speaker John Boehner famously dropped a copy of President Obama’s stimulus bill on the House floor during the debate over its passage, calling it… Read More
Tweet of the Week: New IRS Facility Will Have The Nicest Amenities Your Money Can Buy
Andy Roth, Vice President of Club for Growth, highlighted a Boston Herald article about renovations to an IRS facility in a tweet he sent out… Read More
CBO Report Was Pre-Ordained to Show the Stimulus Succeeded
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has produced a new report estimating that the $862 billion stimulus has thus far saved or created 1.5 million jobs…. Read More
Solar Subsidies Fail to Create Green Jobs, Again
As we reported in today’s Morning Bell, ABC News reports that despite massive amounts of stimulus funding being spent on wind farms—nearly $2 billion—the vast… Read More
New Resolution Would Better Enforce PAYGO: Will Democrats Allow a Vote?
Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) has proposed a novel way to strengthen the House Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rule. PAYGO – which requires that all legislation expanding entitlements… Read More
Outside the Beltway: Inventive Math Makes Stimulus Work!
From the Associated Press: PORTLAND, Ore. – How much are politicians straining to convince people that the government is stimulating the economy? In Oregon, where… Read More
Stimulus Killing Renewable Energy Industry
Today’s Wall Street Journal reports that investment in renewable energies, and the green jobs that go with it, is being stifled by the stimulus. How?… Read More
Unemployment Spike Defies ‘Stimulus’ Claims
In January, President Obama pressed for an $800 billion economic “stimulus” package to turn the economy around. Though the bill largely consisted of increased spending… Read More
Guest Blogger: Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) on ‘Recovering Ronald Reagan’
Why Government Still Doesn’t Have the Solutions Political irony has experienced a profound illustration in the early days of the Obama administration. Seldom has a… Read More
Voices of School Choice
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKzZJoPu1OQ[/youtube] Some worried D.C. schoolchildren recently asked President Obama to continue the highly successful D.C . Opportunity Scholarship Program. The program, which allows parents the… Read More
