Posted on 06 December 2012.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell released the following statement today regarding Sen. DeMint’s departure from the Senate in January to lead the Heritage Foundation: “I thank Senator DeMint for his uncompromising service to South Carolina and our country in the United States Senate. Jim helped provide a powerful voice for conservative ideals in [...]
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Posted on 12 September 2012.
Note – This is a special guest post By Robert Rector Robert Rector, a leading authority on poverty and the welfare system, is senior research fellow in domestic policy at The Heritage Foundation. He is author of the new report “Marriage: America’s Greatest Weapon Against Child Poverty” with related papers and charts for Virginia and the other states. [...]
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Posted on 13 July 2012.
The Senate is considering what seems on its face like a non-controversial UN treaty: the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. But it is controversial or it ought to be! I have blogged on this before. (Remember Sandy’s rule on UN Treaties: Bad UN law is repetitious!) But as Heritage Foundation testified today [...]
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Posted on 21 June 2012.
Liberals fond of regulating and restricting political speech have come out of the woodwork to attack Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell for his speech last week warning of their threats to First Amendment. From Fred Wertheimer, to former DCCC chair Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Daily Kos, Robert Reich, Ed Schultz and Norm Ornstein (who recently wrote a book accusing Republicans and tea partiers of [...]
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Posted on 23 May 2012.
Discussing reports yesterday that “[t]he Health and Human Services Department has signed a $20 million contract with a public-relations firm to highlight part of the Affordable Care Act,” Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell took to the Senate floor this morning to blast the Obama administration for spending taxpayer money to promote legislation most Americans disapprove of. “While [...]
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Posted on 22 May 2012.
The Hill reports today, “The Health and Human Services Department has signed a $20 million contract with a public-relations firm to highlight part of the Affordable Care Act.” According to PR Week, which first reported on the contract, “‘The campaign will inform the American people about the many preventive benefits now available to those [...]
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Posted on 17 August 2011.
This from the website of the Heritage Foundation is useful for those looking for evidence to fight tax and spend liberalism and Krugmanism. It’s about Estonia – the tiny Baltic republic liberated nearly twenty years ago and one of the freest nations in the world today: In the midst of a world embroiled in economic [...]
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Posted on 26 July 2011.
And not one dime of the cuts is certain! Shawn Hannity is interviewing Speaker Boehner now. This plan is worse than I thought. FAR worse. Basically, Obama gets $1 Trillion immediately in exchange for a promised $24 Billion in cuts the first year. That’s it. $24 Billion. And a gang 12 – 6 Democrats and [...]
Posted on 23 June 2011.
The official website of the European Parliament is reporting that the Union will seek deeper transparency “…aimed at increasing openness in the EU decision making process.” Good! I’d start with these items reported Special Report 92 for the Heritage Foundation written by Sally McMamara in the EU budget to attempt to influence our domestic policy: [...]
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Posted on 04 June 2011.
I have said frequently that the European Union is NOT our friend. Here’s proof: The Heritage Foundation is reporting that the EU has given about $30 million dollars to US causes to influence our policies as to so-called “global warming”, opposition to the death penalty, and the International Criminal Court. Here’s some examples: However, according [...]
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Posted on 01 February 2011.
… as soon as tomorrow! The momentum is really picking up to stop this law. The Republican controlled house passed H.R. 2. just a few weeks into the 112th congress. Yesterday, Federal Judge Roger Vinson became the second federal judge to rule Obamacare as unconstitutional. In the U.S. Senate, Sen Jim DeMint was able to [...]
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Posted on 01 January 2011.
New!!! Virginia Blog Roundup – Old Dominion Blogs – now online and FREE! Read all the Virginia Blogs in one place. The Virginia Right! News Hound surfs the ‘net to take the pulse of the world every day. The links published below are opinions and takes on the news that we find interesting. By design, [...]
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Posted on 27 December 2010.
New!!! Virginia Blog Roundup – Old Dominion Blogs – now online and FREE! Read all the Virginia Blogs in one place. The Virginia Right! News Hound surfs the ‘net to take the pulse of the world every day. The links published below are opinions and takes on the news that we find interesting. By design, [...]
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Posted on 19 December 2010.
New!!! Virginia Blog Roundup – Old Dominion Blogs – now online and FREE! Read all the Virginia Blogs in one place. The Virginia Right! News Hound surfs the ‘net to take the pulse of the world every day. The links published below are opinions and takes on the news that we find interesting. By design, [...]
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Posted on 18 December 2010.
New!!! Virginia Blog Roundup – Old Dominion Blogs – now online and FREE! Read all the Virginia Blogs in one place. The Virginia Right! News Hound surfs the ‘net to take the pulse of the world every day. The links published below are opinions and takes on the news that we find interesting. By design, [...]
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Posted on 16 December 2010.
New!!! Virginia Blog Roundup – Old Dominion Blogs – now online and FREE! Read all the Virginia Blogs in one place. The Virginia Right! News Hound surfs the ‘net to take the pulse of the world every day. The links published below are opinions and takes on the news that we find interesting. By design, [...]
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Posted on 15 December 2010.
New!!! Virginia Blog Roundup – Old Dominion Blogs – now online and FREE! Read all the Virginia Blogs in one place. The Virginia Right! News Hound surfs the ‘net to take the pulse of the world every day. The links published below are opinions and takes on the news that we find interesting. By design, [...]
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Posted on 07 December 2010.
New!!! Virginia Blog Roundup – Old Dominion Blogs – now online and FREE! Read all the Virginia Blogs in one place. The Virginia Right! News Hound surfs the ‘net to take the pulse of the world every day. The links published below are opinions and takes on the news that we find interesting. By design, [...]
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Posted on 06 December 2010.
New!!! Virginia Blog Roundup – Old Dominion Blogs – now online and FREE! Read all the Virginia Blogs in one place. The Virginia Right! News Hound surfs the ‘net to take the pulse of the world every day. The links published below are opinions and takes on the news that we find interesting. By design, [...]
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