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Reverse Robin Hood: Congress’ Regressive SCHIP Expansion Would Tax Poor to Fund Health Insurance for Middle and Upper-Middle Class

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Washington, D.C. - A successful effort by Congress to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) by $35 billion over five years over White House protests would require low-income Americans to subsidize health insurance for children and young adults ...
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Pushing Pork

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Rep. Raul Grijalva's "Celebrating America's Heritage Act," which would better have been titled "In Praise of Pork," will be voted on Wednesday in the House Resources Committee. Our press release: Congressional Self-Dealing Alive and Well Legislation that Would Enrich Select ...
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National Review Institute Hosts Energy Policy Debate

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Peyton Knight contributes coverage of an energy policy and global warming debate sponsored earlier today in Washington by the National Review Institute: This afternoon, the National Review Institute hosted a panel discussion at the National Press Club on energy production ...
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Congressional Self-Dealing Alive and Well — Legislation that Would Enrich Select Special Interest Groups to be Voted on This Week

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Washington, D.C. - This Wednesday, the House Natural Resources Committee will vote on a bill that would funnel over $135 million of federal pork to special interest groups in select members' districts. The "Celebrating America's Heritage Act," put forth by ...
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Four of the Continental U.S.’s 15 Longest Hurricane-Free Periods Occurred Since 1983, Despite Global Warming Alarms

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David Ridenour takes another look at hurricane records: Global warming alarmists have repeatedly warned us that if we don't act now to stop global warming, we place our lives at increased risk. Amanda Staudt, a climate scientist with the National ...
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2007 Hurricane Update: Have Records Been Broken?

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Putting the 2007 hurricane season in proper context, in light of environmentalist and newsmedia hype, is the focus of this post by David Ridenour: Hurricane Felix was the second category 5 hurricane this season. The newsmedia and global warming alarmists ...
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Congressman Jefferson’s Racial Sensitivities…

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...are decidedly one-sided. He has had his attorneys file a motion (subscription may be required) asking a federal judge to move his trial on corruption charges from Virginia to either the District of Columbia or to New Orleans. Jefferson's motive ...
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Congressmen Supporting Clean Water Bill Should Remember Katrina

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Peyton Knight looks at Rep. James Oberstar's Clean Water Restoration Act, and wonders why Congress doesn't seem to have learned much from Hurricane Katrina: In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Congressman James Oberstar (D-MN) and many of his colleagues traveled ...
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Earmarks & the Kelo Decision Rolled Into One

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The Hill newspaper's Congress Blog covered the letter we organized, signed by 114 organizations and local leaders, calling on Congress not to support the creation of additional national heritage areas or federal funding for heritage area management entities, support groups, ...
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Hypocrisy Watch: Congress Expands Opportunity for Self-Dealing While Claiming Historic Progress on Government Ethics

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Washington, D.C. - At the very time Senators were congratulating themselves for passing what they termed "the most sweeping ethics reform in history," they approved a series of "national heritage area" bills that significantly increase the potential for self-dealing and ...
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