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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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Daschle: Federal Health Care Plan a No-Go for Now

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Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle's decision to give up for now on a federal public health care plan has to be a blow to the Administration and the left. Daschle, while retired from the Senate, remains an influential and ...
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Quote of Note: Clean Water Restoration Act Means Troubled Waters

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"For years, the 1972 Clean Water Act has been misused in the name of protecting America's waters and wetlands. The statute’s original limitation that its key provisions only apply to navigable waters was largely ignored. Instead, the law was broadly ...
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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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Quote of Note: How Big Would a U.S. Health Bureaucracy Be?

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"The British National Health Service is the biggest employer not just in the United Kingdom, but in the whole of Europe. Care to estimate the size and budget of a U.S. health bureaucracy?" -Mark Steyn, "Being Taken Care of Weakens ...
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Is the Liberal Health Care Plan a Trojan Horse for Socialized Medicine?

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Get the answer from the liberals who know. Watch this 4-minute video from Glenn Beck's June 15, 2009 television program. E-mail any comments to the National Center for Public Policy Research at [email protected] Subscribe to this blog's feed. Labels: Government ...
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Obama Breaks Health Care Pledge… Before He Makes It

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Everyone expects politicians to break their promises, but Barack Obama may have set a record yesterday by breaking one before he made it. In his speech before the American Medical Association's annual meeting in Chicago Monday, President Obama pledged: ...no ...
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No Boo-Hoo-Hoo for California’s Money Woes, If It Can Still Afford Public Parties

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California's free-spending ways have led it to seek the money of federal taxpayers, but don't think that means Los Angeles is trying to stop spending money on frivolities. The city intends to spend a million dollars on a victory parade ...
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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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