While Obama chides Congress for not taking fast enough action on the debt debate, he fails to forget how often he is spotted out on the golf course…

By Paul Driessen – Ever since public, congressional and union anger and anxiety persuaded the Environmental Protection Agency to delay action on its economy-strangling carbon dioxide rules, EPA has been on a take-no-prisoners crusade to impose other job-killing rules for electricity generating plants. As President […]

By Rebecca DiFede – In the wake of our looming debt ceiling and the millions of dollars wasted every year on Amtrak’s less-than-stellar service, Republicans in Congress have proposed that Amtrak be privatized so as to maximize not only revenue, but also efficiency. Amtrak’s popular […]

By Rick Manning – The first presidential press conference in three months brought the real Barack Obama clearly into focus and what America, and even the liberal press corps witnessed was not pretty. Rather than the uniter, visionary leader who they manufactured and sold to the American […]

DEVELOPING… Timothy Geithner is set to exit as Treasury Secretary after the debt debate wraps up … From Bloomberg: Geithner, 49, has told associates that he needs a break from government service after dealing with the turmoil that followed the collapse of Wall Street firms including Bear Stearns Cos. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., first as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and […]

Today, Michigan Freedom to Work will be launching across the state. Here are the details of the events and times: Announcing the formation of Michigan Freedom to Work, a statewide coalition to promote passage of a state civil rights law guaranteeing that all employees are […]

As we mentioned last week, efforts were underway to keep the House and Senate in session over the July 4th recess . After Obama challenged Congress to get a debt deal worked out, saying that they should not be taking vacations with the debt crisis looming, Harry Reid has cancelled the July 4th recess for the Senate . In the House, Rep. Jeff Landry led a group of over 75 Representatives calling […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Thursday morning, Here are the Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : The new danger to U.S. independence Whether it’s health care or cars, Obama thinks he knows best The 2012 contenders and the debt ceiling A look at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Obama’s priority is “equality”, not jobs Stimulus to nowhere: The failure of Obama’s economic agenda The Senate cancels the July 4th recess Obama doesn’t understand the family budget Did Obama campaign lie about filming fundraising video in White House Map Room? The Obama administration is going to ‘enter the bedroom’ Amazon ends deal with 25,000 CA websites after CA launches internet tax… Extinguishing the climate change fires Nanny state propaganda Market innovation: Two thousand years in one chart Obama and manufacturing

By Frank McCaffrey – He is a powerful man in Washington and he is fighting other powerful people, Mitch McConnell is the Senate Minority Leader. We take a look at where he stands on key issues.

By Victor Morawski – On June 14th U.S. Forest Service Chief Thomas Tidwell testified before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources , an entirely legitimate, routine appearance where the Forest Service discusses its fire fighting mission and its future budgetary needs for accomplishing it. What struck me as illegitimate, however, was the attempt by Committee Chairman Bingaman to spout the party line […]