By Kevin Mooney — With the Senate’s Democratic leadership now poised to introduce a “compromise bill” on energy policy to the floor next week, lawmakers are talking up the merits of renewable technology. Key concessions are being made to placate wavering Republicans who oppose the […]

Apparently acknowledging the failure of his so-called “stimulus” to meaningfully produce jobs, Barack Obama blasted Republicans for not supporting his plan to pass another unemployment extension, this time another $34 billion for those whose benefits have reached the statutory limit of 26 weeks. Previously, Congress […]

By Kevin Mooney — After losing out on “card check” legislation, the Obama Administration is now working aggressively through administrative channels to unravel secret ballot safeguards at the direction of organized labor. The key player here is the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which sent […]

Late Thursday, in the aftermath of final passage of the Financial Takeover bill, it was announced that Goldman Sachs would pay a $550 million settlement fee to the Securities and Exchange Commission in the civil suit where the SEC charged Goldman Sachs with fraud. Oddly, […]

This week there were cheers heard throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.  Governor Bob McDonnell jubilantly proclaimed that the state had achieved a budget surplus.  There’s only one little problem.  It is not true. Simply put, the surplus announcement is nothing more than the final act […]

The Dodd-Frank Financial Takeover bill has passed the Senate 60-39. The bill will now be sent to Obama’s desk. Bill Wilson , President of Americans for Limited Government, said of the Financial Takeover bill that “the American people have lost one more piece of their liberty, as […]

New England Republican Senators Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, and Scott Brown have indicated they will be voting for the Dodd-Frank financial takeover bill , prompting criticism from Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson . “Senators Snowe, Collins, and Brown, through their support of this bill, are enabling government to perpetuate the […]

Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) has announced that he will support the financial takeover bill in the Senate. In a statement released Monday , Brown said, “I’ve spent the past week reviewing the Wall Street reform bill. I appreciate the efforts to improve the bill, especially the removal of the $19 […]

By Douglas J. Gladstone Somewhere, Ernest Lawrence Thayer is turning over in his grave. With apologies to the late poet, that’s because United States Senator Bob Casey has gone to bat for labor unions. Now, in and of itself, the Pennsylvania Democrat’s recently introduced legislation, […]

By Kevin Mooney — Government agencies and private contractors must incorporate racial and gender preferences into their employment practices under Section 342 of the financial regulation bill , which passed the House on June 30. This key provision calls for the creation of at least 20 new Offices of Minority and Women […]