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Use Debt Ceiling Vote to Fix Washington's Spending Addiction
Tweet Share on Facebook March 31, 2011 Comment (10)In years past, the vote to increase the U.S. government's “debt ceiling” has been considered a “must pass” piece of legislation. Without it, borrowing stops, which—in a situation as dependent on borrowed money as the one the federal government is currently in—is the functional equivalent of economic Armageddon.
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We Must Secure the Ballot Against Voter Fraud
Tweet Share on Facebook March 29, 2011 Comment (2)Down in Texas, citizens who say they “were shocked by what the discovered” while volunteering as poll watchers in 2009 have created a group called True the Vote to preserve the integrity of U.S. elections.
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Obama's Libya Policy Isn't So Much Failed as Foolish
Tweet Share on Facebook March 28, 2011 Comment (13)If the past is a reliable predictor, most Americans will not be watching tonight when President Barack Obama addresses the nation from the National Defense University to talk about our recent attack on Libyan air defense systems and other targets.
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The GOP Case for Spending Cuts to Boost the Economy
Tweet Share on Facebook March 25, 2011 Comment (25)A recent report from Congressional Joint Economic Committee Republicans points the way out of the nation’s current fiscal morass: “Spend Less, Owe Less, Grow the Economy.”
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Light Up 'Earth Hour'
Tweet Share on Facebook March 24, 2011 Comment (14)One of the great intellectual conflicts of the early part of the 21st century concerns the role of man here on planet Earth. Some, like the followers of Stanford University biologist Paul Ehrlich--author of The Population Bomb--hold that mankind’s role boils down to that of exploiter of the Earth’s resources and despoiler of its natural beauty.
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Poll: Voters Still Trust GOP More on Spending, Jobs, Healthcare
Tweet Share on Facebook March 22, 2011 Comment (7)Pollster Scott Rasmussen released numbers Monday showing that voters still trust the GOP to better handle most of the critical issues facing the country.
It’s somewhat astounding, given the way the information coming out of Washington has almost uniformly presented the Republicans as the “black hats” and the Democrats as the “white ones,” especially when it comes to cutting special interest spending—not to mention the negative press the national GOP got as a result of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s battle with the public employee unions.
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Obama's Lack of Libya Leadership Could Make It the Next Iraq
Tweet Share on Facebook March 21, 2011 Comment (16)America woke up this weekend to news that the United States had led a massive strike on Libyan air defenses in order to enforce a United Nations resolution authorizing a “no fly zone.” Whether the strike was undertaken in furtherance of U.S. national security interests or President Barack Obama’s political ones is the subject of much debate.
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Michigan Democrats Charged in Faux-Tea Party Scam
Tweet Share on Facebook March 17, 2011 Comment (12)In the last election the Tea Party movement complained, often to deaf ears, that Democrats were trying to qualify “faux” tea party candidates on third party ballot lines in order to siphon votes away from the real thing.
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Obama, Republicans Playing Game of Government Shutdown Chicken
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Obamacare Repeal Could Hinge on Government Shutdown, Debt Ceiling
Tweet Share on Facebook March 15, 2011 Comment (8)Marking the one-year anniversary of Obamacare becoming law, congressional Republicans are doing their level best to repeal the law.
The first thing they did, after coming into the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, was to pass H.R. 2, a comprehensive piece of legislation that totally repealed the new healthcare law. Unfortunately for the GOP, the law’s 60-vote requirement in the U.S. Senate means total repeal is unlikely to go anywhere, meaning the legislation is going to have to be dismantled piece by piece.
Peter Roff
Peter Roff is a contributing editor at U.S. News & World Report. Formerly a senior political writer for United Press International, he’s now affiliated with several public policy organizations including Let Freedom Ring, and Frontiers of Freedom. His writing has appeared in National Review, Fox News’ opinion section, The Daily Caller, Politico and elsewhere. Follow him on Twitter @PeterRoff.
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