By Rick Manning — The incandescent light bulb has a new lease on life as Congress is delaying implementation of the impending January 1, 2012 ban on the sale of traditional 100 watt light bulbs until October 1 of this upcoming year. Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson , whose group has led the charge against banning […]
By Rick Manning — Momentum is growing in the U.S. House of Representatives for legislation that would fundamentally reform the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), reining in power that has grown since it came into being in 1935. The NLRB has spent the past three years under […]
By Rick Manning — The Chevy Volt has become the car that many people love to hate. Now, many more are asking if federal regulators treated the Volt differently than any other vehicle. A symbol of the government bailout and continued ownership of General Motors, the Volt […]
By Rick Manning — Americans for Limited Government led the charge against the confirmation of Barack Obama’s appointee to the ambassadorship of El Salvador, Mari Del Carmen Aponte until August of 2010, when Obama gave her a recess appointment to serve until Congress went out of session in 2011. […]
U.S. taxpayers may be on the hook for another $150 million in losses as another “green” job company funded by Obama’s Department of Energy bites the dust. The Energy Department conditionally approved the loan, but it is unknown at this time if the $150 million […]
By Rick Manning — The CEO of General Motors announced that the electric battery for Chevy Volt may need to be redesigned due to fire hazards that have been discovered in crash tests. The troubled vehicle which Obama test drove in a green energy promotional gimmick in […]
By Rick Manning — The Obama Administration’s Solyndra scandal that cost U.S. taxpayers $535 million is just the tip of the iceberg of the scandal enveloping Obama’s use of taxpayer dollars to help his top donors. In the Solyndra case, Obama campaign cash machine George Kaiser personally spoke with the White House about the taxpayer […]
By Rick Manning — Sometimes you really don’t want to be right. Unfortunately, that is the situation which I find myself in as the child of the debt deal, the Supercommittee, is due to submit its recommendations to cut a meager $1.2 trillion off of the national […]
By Rick Manning — What would you say about a piece of legislation that allows a competitor to cut off the revenue stream to its competition based upon an unproven allegation? What would you call a piece of legislation that destroys an alleged offender’s business without allowing […]