Category: Property Rights
Congress Updating The Antiquated Antiquities Act of 1906, by Teresa Platt
The House Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation, held a fascinating hearing on efforts to update the antiquated Antiquities Act of 1906. Congressman Rob Bishop of Utah did an excellent job chairing the hearing. The room was ...
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National Center for Public Policy Research Supports Internet Campaign Against SOPA and PIPA
Places CENSORED Banner on Website, Says Issa/Wyden OPEN Proposal a Better Approach to Protecting Copyright Without Endangering Free Speech or the Internet Washington, D.C. - The following statement from Amy Ridenour, chairman of the National Center for Public Policy Research, ...
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Obama’s Wild Lands Will Hasten America’s Decline
The political tremors sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa are a vivid reminder that our prosperity and security often hinge on developments over which we have precious little control. This unsettling truth makes it imperative that we make ...
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Reid’s Lame-Duck Lands Bill Threatens Border Security
Washington, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is fast-tracking over 100 federal land-acquisition bills for action during the lame-duck session, despite warnings from Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and the National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers ...
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High On America’s Christmas List: Get the Federal Government out of Managing our Lands
Source: Kevin Eddy, Flickr.comAs the election showed, the American people would not approve Sen. Reid’s efforts to sneak through a massive, far-reaching omnibus package that would buy up and tie up millions of acres of federal lands. Sadly, the people ...
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Border Security Threatened by Lame-Duck Lands Bill, by Dana Joel Gattuso
With his time running out, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is expected to try to force a massive omnibus lands bill1 through Congress. If passed, the mega-package would buy up and tie up millions of acres of land in ...
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Obama’s Ocean Policy Initiative: Washington’s Latest Power Grab
As if the sputtering U.S. economy weren’t in enough trouble already, the Obama administration is cooking up a new scheme that will extend the heavy hand of Washington to where it has never gone before. Unveiled with precious little fanfare ...
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Election Law-Violating Astroturf Group Misleads About Pebble Mine… Now There’s a Surprise
Click to enlarge A group calling itself Alaska Wild Salmon Protection, Inc. recently ran full-page advertisements (see above) in Politico against development of the Pebble Mine in Southwest Alaska. The Pebble deposit is one of the largest finds in America, ...
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What’s Happening Now
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
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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