Napolitano calls for DHS 3.0, says cybersecurity is a top priority
Brookings Institution exaggerates Obama’s job record
The misleading data has been cited by Atlantic magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle and The New York Times
Who's who of liberals lead anti-filibuster effort
Far from being bipartisan, the effort to snuff out the filibuster is led by a coalition of liberal activists.
Washington D.C. mayoral race, education reform, and Michelle Rhee - TheDC
In the D.C. mayoral race, the person in the spotlight is not even on the ballot
Lawmakers agree: It's time to reform Fannie and Freddie - TheDC
After a $9 billion loss last quarter, both sides are saying enough is enough and suggesting that it is time to restructure the mortgage giants
With Friends Like These ... - TheDC
State Department’s reasons for leaving out the ‘most barbaric group in the world’ unclear
Orszag and Ryan spar over reducing health care costs - TheDC
Orszag used the enlarged platform bestowed upon him in his last speech as a White House adviser to go after Ryan again, in more detail than ever before
Orszag heckled at Brookings to classical tune - TheDC
Organizer with LPAC called outgoing OMB director and Larry Summers ‘fascist pigs’ and called Obama’s health care plan ‘Hitler approved’
Ryan: GOP listening to pollsters rather than getting serious about debt - TheDC
Wisconsin Republican has sought to start a debate on reigning in government debt with his Roadmap for America’s Future but has had few supporters
Price of oil, price of freedom
It was two years ago, the first week of July, 2008, where a symbolic seminal confluence of energy and national security concerns may have occurred. For that week, the wholesale price of crude oil reached an all-time high of over $141/barrel.
Clinton: 'The rich are not paying their fair share' - Politico
Secretary of State wants to model the United States after Brazil, who ‘has the highest tax-to-GDP rate in the Western Hemisphere’
Kerry-Lieberman’s great American rip-off
Although Kerry-Lieberman is a loser of a bill for the vast majority of America, we will have our hands full fighting its financial and political beneficiaries
Millions face tax increases under Dems budget plan - AP
Lefty group Tax Policy Center, estimates about 30 million Americans face an average $3,700 increase in tax liabilities
America’s constitutionalist revolt
So much is being written in the mainstream media about who the tea partiers are, but very little is being recorded about what these folks are actually saying. The tea partiers want a return to the Founders’ principles of constitutional limits to government.
VAT's a bad idea - The Daily Caller
The White House distanced itself from comments made last week by one of its top economic advisers in support of a new national consumption tax — yet others close to President Obama have similarly spoken in favor of a Value-Added Tax in recent months
RNC pushing for unlimited soft money donations - The Daily Caller
On Friday, Michael Steele and the RNC appealed to the Supreme Court after a federal court denied the RNC permission to raise soft money for state elections and congressional redistricting
Census count equals billions for Chicago - Chicago Tribune
Illinois received $19.1 billion in 2008 in federal funds tied to census counts, about a third of all the federal assistance it received
Here come the taxes, courtesy of Steny Hoyer - The Hill
Tax increases may be necessary to rein in $12 trillion in federal debt, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Monday
Conrad-Gregg Commission Bill Is Wrong Approach to Fiscal Crisis
The federal budget of the United States is on a disastrous course. Entitlement spending threatens to drive up federal spending in the next decades to an unprecedented proportion of gross domestic product. A budget commission,
