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02.04.2014
Obamacare News of the Day
Washington Times: Obamacare will push 2 million workers out of labor market: CBO [in 2011 CBO projected that the labor force would have 800,000 fewer workers by 2021] Obamacare will push the equivalent of about 2 million workers out of the labor market by 2017 as employees decide either to work fewer hours or drop out altogether, according to the latest estimates Tuesday from the Congressional Budget Office. “CBO estimates that the ACA will reduce the total number of hours worked, on net,... -
02.04.2014
PHOTOS: Texas Tuesday Coffee - February 4
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02.03.2014
Obamacare News of the Day
Washington Post: Healthcare.gov can't handle appeals of enrollment errors Roughly 22,000 Americans have filed appeals with the government to try to get mistakes corrected, according to internal government data obtained by The Washington Post. They contend that the computer system for the new federal online marketplace charged them too much for health insurance, steered them into the wrong insurance program or denied them coverage entirely. For now, the appeals are sitting, untouched, inside a... -
01.28.2014
The Imperial Presidency of Barack Obama
From The Wall Street Journal: Of all the troubling aspects of the Obama presidency, none is more dangerous than the president's persistent pattern of lawlessness, his willingness to disregard the written law and instead enforce his own policies via executive fiat. On Monday, Mr. Obama acted unilaterally to raise the minimum wage paid by federal contracts, the first of many executive actions the White House promised would be a theme of his State of the Union address Tuesday night. The president's... -
01.28.2014
Sen. Cruz's Remarks on the Sochi Olympics, Human Rights, and the US-Russian Relations
Thank you, it is a pleasure to get back to Heritage to be with so many friends and to have the opportunity to discuss an issue with such pressing importance, which is namely the growing influence that Russia is having in the world. The lack of focus on human rights, the lack of US leadership championing freedom, and the lack of effective leadership defending our interest in the world which is making the world a much more dangerous place. Russia is going the wrong way on human rights, and the... -
01.28.2014
PHOTOS: Texas Tuesday Coffee - January 28
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01.21.2014
A few words of tribute for my friend Tom Coburn, who announced he is retiring at the end of this year
Tom Coburn changed Washington. Elected to represent the great state of Oklahoma, Dr. Coburn became a voice for millions of Americans inspired by his fearless leadership and "no more business as usual" approach to legislating. His tireless efforts to make DC listen to growing consternation over our nation's fiscal crisis forced Washington to acknowledge the problem. His willingness to scrutinize every bill and to decipher a bureaucratic tangle of government programs imposed badly needed... -
01.08.2014
Limits on the Treaty Power
From Harvard Law Review: During Justice Sotomayor's Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing, she rightly stated that "American law does not permit the use of foreign law or international law to interpret the Constitution." But she also correctly recognized that some U.S. laws rely upon certain international law sources. For instance, the Alien Tort Statute "allows federal courts to recognize certain causes of action based on sufficiently definite norms of international law." Treaties are... -
12.17.2013
PHOTOS: Texas Tuesday Coffee - December 17
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12.12.2013
Op-ed: Obamacare is a disaster
From USA Today: Obamacare was created with an ostensibly noble purpose: to expand health coverage to some of the uninsured and to make health care more affordable. Three-and-a-half years ago, perhaps reasonable minds could have differed as to whether it would actually work. Today, there can be no dispute that Obamacare is a disaster. The reason Obamacare is failing is not its bungled website. It is because Americans are now seeing the fundamental trade-off behind the law — that in order to... -
11.28.2013
Happy Thanksgiving
Today, we celebrate the blessings of a people dedicated to liberty. Our forefathers fled religious persecution to pursue the freedom of conscience in the New World, a bedrock principle we must continue to protect. As the pilgrims in their November 1620 Mayflower Compact, their very first governing framework, wrote: “[We] solemnly and mutually, in the Presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and... -
11.25.2013
Stop the IRS's Abuse of Power
The IRS is currently considering new rules to limit the free speech of the very same groups it illegally targeted. In short, the Obama Administration is trying to do through regulatory fiat what it was unable to legally do before: limit the First Amendment rights of Americans. The IRS is required to accept and publish comments from the public. Please click here to make your voice heard. Immediately following the IRS’s admission of targeting conservative groups, President Obama... -
11.22.2013
Remembering JFK
From National Review Online: There is good reason why so many Americans remember our 35th president, John F. Kennedy, so fondly. Throughout his life, as a young man in college, war hero, U.S. representative, senator, Pulitzer Prize–winning author, and president, Kennedy fully embraced the American spirit and called on us to do the same. It’s fitting that his first words to the nation, in his inaugural address as president, were “ask not what your country can do for you —... -
11.20.2013
Stop sexual violence in the military
From USA Today: We are blessed with the most disciplined, honorable, and effective military force the world has ever known, and improving the system to report and prosecute sexual assault within the Armed Forces will help us maintain that distinction for years to come. While there are many areas of disagreement between us, as conservatives and liberals, Republicans and Democrats, we all believe in our solemn obligation to protect those who volunteer to protect us. No member of our Armed Forces... -
11.19.2013
PHOTOS: Texas Tuesday Coffee - November 19
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11.11.2013
Honoring America's Veterans
On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the fighting between the Allies and Germany ceased. Today, we commemorate that moment by thanking our veterans who have continued the quest to preserve our peace and freedom. We should all be proud of our country’s long tradition of service. General John J. Pershing eloquently expressed his thanks in a letter to the troops who helped win the “war to end all wars,” that is just as relevant now as it was then. Pershing... -
11.05.2013
PHOTOS: Texas Tuesday Coffee - 11/05/2013
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11.04.2013
The Supreme Court can use a soap-opera case to stop federal overreach
In 2006, Carol Anne Bond of Lansdale, Pa., burned a woman with caustic chemicals as revenge after the woman became pregnant by Bond’s husband. Ordinarily, Bond would have been prosecuted for assault, aggravated assault or harassment — in other words, for violating Pennsylvania criminal laws. Instead, federal prosecutors charged Bond with violating the federal legislation implementing the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical... -
10.29.2013
PHOTOS: Texas Tuesday Coffee - 10/29/2013
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10.11.2013
PHOTOS: Values Voter Summit