By Bill Wilson – CNBC commentator Rick Santelli has a very simple solution to the nation’s fiscal and economic woes for Barack Obama and Congress : “Stop spending!” Speaking on Squawk Box on Monday, Santelli noted the cool reception that Obama received this past weekend at the G20 summit in Toronto that sought to address the sovereign debt crisis. Unfortunately, Obama is apparently the only leader on Earth […]

Summary Americans for Limited Government has undertaken an analysis of provisions in the Dodd-Frank financial sector takeover bill , HR 4173.  The analysis shows that the provisions creates a revolving “orderly liquidation fund,” with unlimited bailout-takeover authority rife for abuse.  This federal authority will endanger companies across the nation with […]

By Robert Romano – This week, at least one house of Congress is expected to vote on the Dodd-Frank conference legislation. The bill threatens to take over the nation’s financial sector, redistribute wealth on a scale never seen, levy unlimited taxes, monitor finances, seize politically disfavored firms, […]

By Kevin Mooney — ACORN and its number one union benefactor, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), both see great value in operating under different names as part of a larger effort to avoid criticism and foster financial partnerships. An internal memo The Politico recovered last year […]

By Kevin Mooney — High unemployment numbers typically translate into large electoral losses for the political party that holds power. High unemployment numbers that converge with mid-term elections could be particularly problematic for Democrats in that the party that holds the White House typically losses […]

By Rebekah Rast – While the Republican Study Committee (RSC) is working to balance our nation’s budget, Obama and the Democrats in Congress are ensuring our nation plunges further into debt. As Democrats are worried about elections in the months ahead, they don’t want to […]

By Adam Bitely – Nearly 150,000 jobs connected to the offshore oil drilling industry are in jeopardy over hypocrisy from the Obama administration. In the Gulf Coast alone, where the economies of the Gulf States are still recovering from devastating hurricanes, the Obama administration has […]

By Kevin Mooney — With Interior Secretary Ken Salazar working to renew the administration’s push for a six month moratorium on deep water oil and gas drilling, media organizations now have the opportunity to balance out their coverage by reporting on  job loss projections for […]

Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson today issued the following statement against a House Democrat proposal to attach $10 billion state education funding to the pending war supplemental : “Now is not the time to play politics with the war supplemental.  House Democrats are holding back critical resources for our fighting men and women on the front lines in Afghanistan and Iraq […]

By Robert Romano – Debate continues in the Senate over a controversial $35.52 billion extension of unemployment welfare benefits as Senate Democrats continue to struggle to find the votes necessary to overcome a filibuster. Joining Republicans in defeating the measure last week were Senators Joe Lieberman and Ben Nelson , citing concerns that the combined legislation, which includes $24 billion for Medicaid […]