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Stimulus Transparency Fail

The Denver Post reports: The goal was to build a reporting system that allows the public to follow the zigzagging paths of dollars awarded under the $787 billion federal stimulus package. A financial...

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Chart of the Week: U.S. Presidents Ranked by Budget Deficits

Over the past 50 years, 10 U.S. presidents have made annual budget requests to Congress, projecting deficits both big and small. But no other president compares to Barack Obama when it comes to the...

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An Education in Federal Compliance Burdens

No Child Left Behind, the eighth reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, is 600-plus pages in length and contains programs that cost taxpayers $25 billion per year. The...

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White House Officials: DOE Concerned With ‘Optics’ in Solyndra Loan

When the Energy Department set out to restructure the federal loan for now-bankrupt solar company Solyndra, White House budget staffers insisted that allowing the company to go bankrupt and...

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Pentagon Official: Sequestration a Step Toward ‘Hollow’ Military Force

A senior Defense Department official testifying before the House Armed Services Committee last week said implementing sequestration, across-the-board budget cuts set to take effect in January, “would...

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Chart of the Week: Avoiding Taxmageddon Is Not a Tax Cut

On January 1, 2013 nearly $500 billion in tax hikes will go into effect. In other words, “Taxmageddon.” Separating truth from fiction in politics, however, is not as clear, as The Heritage...

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Governor Pence Pauses Indiana Common Core Standards

Stacy Revere/ZUMApress/Newscom Indiana has just given every state that agreed to adopt Common Core national education standards and tests a lesson in prudent governance. On Saturday, Governor Mike...

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Hurrah Too Soon: White House Budget Revision Shows $759 Billion Deficit in 2013

The President’s Midsession Review, released this week, projects the 2013 deficit to be lower by $214 billion compared with the earlier Obama budget estimate released in April. But any hurrah would be...

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White House Reverses Course on Obamacare Cuts from Sequestration

 __ As part of its latest effort to make Obamacare more politically palatable, the Obama Administration has switched course on a rule that would have made certain exchange subsidies subject to...

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Billions Wasted on “Improper” Food Stamp Payments

According to a new report issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), $2.7 billion worth of improper food stamp payments were made in fiscal year (FY) 2012. That equals 3.8 percent of total...

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Chart of the Week: U.S. Presidents Ranked by Budget Deficits

Over the past 50 years, 10 U.S. presidents have made annual budget requests to Congress, projecting deficits both big and small. But no other president compares to Barack Obama when it comes to the...

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An Education in Federal Compliance Burdens

No Child Left Behind, the eighth reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, is 600-plus pages in length and contains programs that cost taxpayers $25 billion per year. The...

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Image may be NSFW.
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White House Officials: DOE Concerned With ‘Optics’ in Solyndra Loan

When the Energy Department set out to restructure the federal loan for now-bankrupt solar company Solyndra, White House budget staffers insisted that allowing the company to go bankrupt and...

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Pentagon Official: Sequestration a Step Toward ‘Hollow’ Military Force

A senior Defense Department official testifying before the House Armed Services Committee last week said implementing sequestration, across-the-board budget cuts set to take effect in January, “would...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
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Chart of the Week: Avoiding Taxmageddon Is Not a Tax Cut

On January 1, 2013 nearly $500 billion in tax hikes will go into effect. In other words, “Taxmageddon.” Separating truth from fiction in politics, however, is not as clear, as The Heritage...

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Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Governor Pence Pauses Indiana Common Core Standards

Stacy Revere/ZUMApress/Newscom Indiana has just given every state that agreed to adopt Common Core national education standards and tests a lesson in prudent governance. On Saturday, Governor Mike...

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Hurrah Too Soon: White House Budget Revision Shows $759 Billion Deficit in 2013

The President’s Midsession Review, released this week, projects the 2013 deficit to be lower by $214 billion compared with the earlier Obama budget estimate released in April. But any hurrah would be...

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White House Reverses Course on Obamacare Cuts from Sequestration

 __ As part of its latest effort to make Obamacare more politically palatable, the Obama Administration has switched course on a rule that would have made certain exchange subsidies subject to...

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Billions Wasted on “Improper” Food Stamp Payments

According to a new report issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), $2.7 billion worth of improper food stamp payments were made in fiscal year (FY) 2012. That equals 3.8 percent of total...

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