via: Heritage It’s not 5 million jobs, but they are real, well-paying jobs, and they’re not going anywhere: “Toshiba America Nuclear Energy will add 194 jobs in Mecklenburg County after receiving a grant from state officials this morning worth as much as $4.88 million over nine years. The company will open a national project management [...]
Archive for April, 2009
29 Apr
And Then What, Dean Koh?
via: Heritage Today’s confirmation hearing for Harold Koh, President Obama’s nominee as Legal Adviser for the State Department, is an important hurdle, but it’s not the last one. As a transnationalist, Koh is not normally respectful of the Senate’s “advice and consent” role in making treaties. The full Senate can therefore be expected to take [...]
29 Apr
Concerns Loom Large over Global Warming Bill
Republicans and Democrats alike are voicing their concerns over the Clean Energy and Security Act that includes a renewable portfolio standard, federal spending for clean energy technology, and above all else, a cap-and-tax program that would attempt to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Introduced by Chairman Henry Waxman (D–CA) of the House Energy and Commerce Committee [...]
29 Apr
Questions for Secretary Napolitano: Work Visas
via: Heritage DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano is tentatively scheduled to testify before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee about DHS immigration enforcement policies on May 6, 2009. Given Secretary Napolitano’s novel interpretations of federal law, the Heritage Foundation will be posting a serious of questions (and suggested answers) for the Secretary. Labor unions have recently [...]
29 Apr
Washington Occupies Detroit
via: Heritage Congratulations. If you are a U.S. taxpayer, you will soon be a part owner of a car company. Under the latest reorganization plan released by General Motors, Uncle Sam would take ownership of 50 percent of the challenged automaker in return for forgiveness of $10 billion of debt now owed to the Treasury. [...]
29 Apr
Why deny D.C. Children What Special-Needs Students Get?
via: Heritage This morning, the editors of the Washington Post once again highlighted the need to give disadvantaged families the power to choose the right school for their children: The Supreme Court will hear arguments today about the use of public money for the private schooling of children with special needs. It’s interesting to note [...]
29 Apr
The Specter Defection Policy Ramifications
via: Heritage Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, the longest serving Senator in Pennsylvania history, has made some history today by switching from the Republican to the Democrat Party. Specter’s switch will have policy ramifications for conservatives. As of today, 59 Senators caucus with the Democrats, including Specter, socialist Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Independent [...]
29 Apr
Self-Serving Switch — Arlen Specter: A RINO no more.
Politics: In finally abandoning the Republican Party, Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter showed his true colors not just ideologically, but personally. It’s all about the liberal Specter maximizing his own power. The climax Tuesday of Arlen Specter’s long, drawn-out betrayal of his party may seem like it came out of nowhere — especially since it was [...]
29 Apr
Quite a letter . . . if it was actually sent, he can expect an IRS Audit soon
Franklin T. Bell, CFM, RPA, FMA 7239 Swan Point Way Columbia, MD 21045 410-381-6861 April 9, 2009 The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC20500 Mr. Obama: I have had it with you and your administration, sir. Your conduct on your recent trip overseas has convinced me that you are not an adequate representative [...]
28 Apr
The Senator and the Unicorn
via: nationalreview How Arlen Specter helped a murderer skip bail Long before he became one of the most liberal Republicans in the Senate — and the target of Congressman Pat Toomey’s GOP primary challenge — Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania demonstrated a knack for notoriety. In 1964, as a member of the Warren Commission, he invented [...]
