Shocker : The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just now released its score of the bill the Senate passed early this morning  while everyone was celebrating the beginning of the New Year. Despite knowing for a long time that taxes would go up on all Americans today, the Senate waited until we technically went over the cliff to act. Washington’s dysfunction was even fodder for […]

By Robert Romano — Now that taxes have gone up for everyone making $400,000 and above, and couples making more than $450,000, reflecting the Obama Administration’s “balanced” approach to deficit reduction — it is worth examining just how effective the tax hikes will be at reining in […]

The House has passed a bill to avert the fiscal cliff, 257-167. 151 Republicans voted no in the House against the tax increase. The legislation now goes to Obama for his signature. The bill passed the Senate 89-8 in an early morning vote today. So what does the fiscal cliff deal mean for most people? As […]

By Paul Driessen — “Superstorm” Sandy killed more than 100 people, destroyed thousands of homes and businesses, and left millions without food, water, electricity, sanitation or shelter for days or even weeks. Our thoughts and prayers remain focused on its victims, many of whom are […]

As originally published at TheHill.com. By Rick Manning Nothing is more infuriating than hearing a politician who has failed to act in six months on a single piece of legislation to end a crisis complaining about someone who has strenuously worked to produce a solution to the problem. Harry Reid, also known […]

By Dennis T. Avery The last woods bison in the United States was apparently shot by a hunter in West Virginia around 1835. For many decades, the woods bison was presumed extinct — until an airplane spotted an isolated herd in the muskeg swamps north […]

Lisa Jackson, the head of the EPA, will resign her post ending a 4-year stint of creating burdensome regulations. Jackson is stepping down in the wake of a secret email account that she used and kept secret from government oversight. Jackson will step down after the State of the Union address in […]

By David Bozeman The idea that the American left would delight in the political demise of conservative white males certainly comes as a shock to no one.  That theme has animated talk radio since the election.  And let’s give the Democrats their due — they […]

By Paul Driessen — An oil and natural gas boom is underway in the United States, born of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing , or “fracking.” It has created tens of thousands of well-paying jobs directly, and hundreds of thousands more in hundreds of businesses that supply […]

By Howard Rich There are plenty of reasons why America is teetering on the brink of fiscal collapse – unsustainable entitlement costs, unprecedented welfare expansion and loose monetary policy from the Fed (to name just a few) – but another reason is the shameful exploitation […]