Organization Stands to Make One Billion Dollars in Insurance Royalties Over the Next Ten Years Washington, DC – Ways and Means Committee Members Wally Herger (R-CA), Dave Reichert (R-WA) and Charles Boustany (R-LA) today released “Behind the Veil: The AARP America Doesn’t Know,”  a new report exposing the conflict between AARP’s drive for profits, the best interests [...]

It seems that the President of the United States was unaware of an ATF sanctioned gun smuggling operation. From My SA Obama told Univision‘s Jorge Ramos that President Felipe Calderon wasn’t informed of the operation because he — the president of the United States — wasn’t informed either. When asked whether he knew of the [...]

PRESIDENT OBAMA: ‘This Law Will Lower Premiums’ (President Obama, Remarks To ‘Families USA,’ 1/28/11) VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN: ‘[People’s] Premiums Haven’t Gone Up’ (“$#!% Joe Biden Says,” GQ, 12/10) PREMIUM INCREASES OF ‘60% OR MORE’ REPORTED NEW HAMPSHIRE: “This Year, Groups Of More Than 20 Workers Have Been Experiencing Premium Increases Of Around 20 Percent, Insurance [...]

Senators “Reject Notion” that Payroll Tax Increases in Health Law Can Be Used to Fund Both Future Medicare Benefits, New Entitlement Spending WASHINGTON – In a letter released today, U.S. Senators Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, urged the Medicare [...]

Starbucks CEO Says ‘Pressure On Small Businesses’ ‘Is Too Great,’ Other Job Creators Say ‘The Healthcare Law Costs Too Much And Further Jeopardizes The Economic Recovery’ HOWARD SCHULTZ, Starbucks CEO: “I Think As The Bill Is Currently Written And If It Was Going To Land In 2014 Under The Current Guidelines, The Pressure On Small [...]

‘Now Is Not The Time To Allow EPA To Impose What Could Prove To Be The Most Costly, Burdensome, And Expansive Set Of Job-Killing Regulations Ever Crafted’ U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: “As The U.S. Economy Struggles To Get Back On Track, Now Is Not The Time To Allow EPA To Impose What Could Prove To [...]

In another admission that the Democrats’ health care law is unworkable, the Obama Administration announced today rules that states must follow to ask for the Administration’s permission beginning in 2017, in order to “opt out” of the bulk of the health care law.  The announcement comes on the heels of news earlier this week that the [...]

Actually, the building was stormed by the minions of Barack Obama’s Organizing For America. Shameful: Union Mobs storm Wisconsin Capitol

New GAO Report Shows Billions In Government Waste, ‘Could Serve As A Template’ For Reducing Spending ‘A Staggering Level Of Duplication Is Plaguing The Bloated Federal Budget’ “Sen. Tom Coburn (R., Okla.), Who Pushed For The Report, Estimated It Identifies Between $100 Billion And $200 Billion In Duplicative Spending.” (“Billions In Bloat Uncovered In Beltway,” [...]