Category: Property Rights

What’s Happening Now

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Is national health insurance Constitutional? No. Not convinced yet? Go here then. "It's almost as if the president has no experience..." Ya think? What planet is this guy on? Independence Institute: Medical coverage is like a game show. (90 sec ...
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What’s Happening Now

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6,000 surgical operations may be cut to make up for budgetary shortfall in Vancouver. Would 6,000 Canadians trade health insurance for health care? (Let's ask when some of them visit.) Via Twitter, @ruffedge asks: USA or USSR? How much would ...
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Pop Quiz on the Clean Water Restoration Act

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1) Which two states hate the Clean Water Restoration Act so much, their legislatures actually passed resolutions urging the Congress not to enact it? A. Texas and Oklahoma B. Georgia and Alabama C. Washington and Oregon D. Idaho and Montana ...
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Inhofe on CWRA

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Senator James Inhofe's opening statement on CWRA from the hearing is a useful addition to the debate. I hadn't previously realized the National Association of Realtors and had come out against the bill (perhaps I should stop reviewing the environmental ...
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CWRA Approved by Senate Committee, As Expected

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The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved the Clean Water Restoration Act by a party-line vote this morning. This was expected. Prospects for CWRA on the Senate floor are less predictable. It could go either way, although the left ...
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“The Biggest Bureaucratic Power Grab in a Generation”

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If you haven't visited the National Center for Public Policy Research's new Clean Water Restoration Act Information page (or even if you have), you can get a good 2 1/2 minute summary of CWRA from Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) from ...
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Backyard Puddles to be Regulated by Feds?

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The American Farm Bureau is reporting, correctly, that if the Clean Water Restoration Act (Senator Russ Feingold's S.787) becomes law, the federal government will claim the authority to regulate "all water" in the United States. "S. 787 would remove any ...
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Statement of Senior Fellow R.J. Smith on the Defeat of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act (S. 22) on the House Floor Wednesday

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"The Democrat leadership's omnibus land lock-up bill to shut down oil, gas and coal exploration and production in the midst of a recession and a domestic energy shortage -- and to prevent the public from using their lands by placing ...
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Statement on USFWS Plans to Introduce More Mexican Gray Wolves in the Southwest, by R.J. Smith

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Washington, DC - For a quarter of a century the controversial program to repopulate the Southwest with Mexican Gray Wolves has created a constant political struggle in New Mexico and Arizona. There were very good reasons why the early settlers ...
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Clean Water Restoration Act Information Webpage Created

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The National Center for Public Policy Research has created a webpage with links to resources about the Clean Water Restoration Act. The page has links to resources about CWRA published not only by the National Center, but by a variety ...
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