Mitt Romney’s speech to the Americans For Prosperity Foundation’s annual meeting, Defending the Dream, continued his theme of making government “simpler, smaller and smarter” that he kicked off with a speech in New Hampshire yesterday. Key amongst his proposals is…
A House subcommittee is set to take up a bill that would restrict travel in the United States for senior Chinese officials, in a protest over China’s one-child “family planning” policy. Republican Representative Chris Smith, a frequent and fierce critic…
In the third case of its type, President Obama’s Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against South Carolina’s immigration law. “The Constitution and federal law do not permit the development of a patchwork of state and local immigration policies throughout…
Occupy Wall Street has shined a spotlight on the “economic justice” discussion, while also making “fairness” something that politicians from both political parties are focusing on. Here’s something the Occupiers should be highlighting. The Bush tax cuts, a colloquial phrasing…
If Robin Hood stole from the rich, is a “Robin Hood Tax” a form of theft? A “Robin Hood Tax” is based on the idea that the financial sector is too large and should be taxed more to pay for…
The major part of President Barack Obama’s health care law that would expand coverage involves subsidizing households looking to obtain health insurance up to 400 percent of the federal poverty line. And it turns out that there’s a problem there….
Rep. Camp yesterday proposed an overhaul of the U.S. corporate tax code that would bring it in line with tax competitiveness in the rest of the world. The House’s top tax writer proposed Wednesday exempting from taxes 95 percent of…
In Colorado today, President Obama announced a program that aims to reduce the debt burden on students with federal loans. The accelerated “pay as you earn” program, which Obama will authorize through executive order, could benefit up to 1.6 million…
In a fascinating profile of Mitt Romney as Bain Capital businessman, Benjamin Wallace-Wells explains the shorthand version on why Romney tackled health care as Massachusetts governor: Stemberg served then (as now) on the president’s council of Massachusetts General Hospital, and…
The GOP is set to debate in Las Vegas tonight. (CNN) Jon Huntsman, you may have heard, is boycotting the aforementioned debate. (Politico) Israel and Hamas are starting a prisoner swap program. (Reuters) The UAW is finishing up voting on…