06.01.2015
By Nathan Mehrens A recent response from the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request made by Americans for Limited Government sheds some light on how the Bank isn’t needed. This is not a talking point from a Republican Member of […]
05.28.2015
By Robert Romano Does the party of Abraham Lincoln support human slave trafficking overseas? Believe it or not, we’re about to find out. Last week, the Senate passed trade authority legislation that explicitly bars Malaysia from joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal due to their official U.S. State Department certification as human slave traffickers . According […]
05.26.2015
By Rick Manning Summer is here, and in Congress that means it is spending season. The time when appropriators’ eyes turn to buying those extra little frills that make being a Member of Congress such fun. The budget has been set, and now it’s time to spend […]
05.21.2015
By Nathan Mehrens In the wake of the IRS scandals involving the targeting of Tea Party and other conservative organizations and leaks of their legally-protected information, one would have thought that the agency would become a little more careful in how it handles its review […]
05.20.2015
By Rick Manning The political party selection process gets a lot of criticism because of the disproportionate impact of the states of New Hampshire and Iowa on both the Republican and Democrat side. After spending a Saturday in Iowa experiencing five different Republican presidential candidates over the […]
