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Thank God for Senator Inhofe II

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From TheHill.com comes word that Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) is joining Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in blocking Al Gore's request to hold a huge music concert on the Capitol grounds in July. The concert, dubbed "Live Earth," is designed ...
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Joe Hicks Testifies About Cesar Chavez

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Project 21's Joe Hicks testified today before the House Natural Resources Committee's Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands about H.R. 359, "The Cesar Estrada Chavez Study Act," introduced by Representative Hilda Solis (D-CA). Rep. Solis apparently wasn't too ...
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Good for Pete Domenici

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We have recently been critical of Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM), for co-sponsoring (with Ted Kennedy, no less) a bill that would force Americans who buy health insurance policies (including through their employer) to pay for mental health coverage equal to ...
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Mental Health Parity Hearing Is Depressing

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David Hogberg writes: Today I attended the Health Subcommittee hearingin the House of Representatives on "Mental Health and Substance Abuse Parity." Mental health and substance abuse parity means that if a health insurance program covers mental health and substance abuse ...
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Good for Mitch McConnell

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Senate Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has stepped in to prevent global warming activists from using the Capitol grounds as part of their political crusade to make the energy use of Americans subject to limitations created in Washington (if we're "lucky"; they ...
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Frank Drebin Does Health Insurance

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From David Hogberg: Today the Census Bureau revised its 2005 estimate of the uninsured downward from 46.5 million to 44.8 million. Well, what is an organization like the Commonwealth Fund that is dedicated to more government involvement in health care ...
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The Human Cost of Climate Change Policies

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Do environmental regulations, such as those proposed to fight "global warming," have a human cost? At Tuesday���s climate change hearing before the Energy and Mineral Resources Committee of the U.S. House Resources Committee, Robert E. Murray of the Murray Energy ...
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When the Debate is Balanced, Skeptics Win, Alarmists Lose

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Senator James Inhofe's opening statement before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee at the March 21, 2007 hearing featuring Al Gore: Thank you for holding this hearing, Madame Chairman, and to you also, Mr. Vice President, for agreeing to ...
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Fighting Environmentalists to Use DDT to Fight Malaria in Africa

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Writing for The Heartland Institute, National Center Senior Fellow Bonner Cohen takes a look at the fight to restore the use of DDT to save lives in Africa: Concerned about the rising number of deaths mosquito-borne malaria is inflicting on ...
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Officials Urged to Grill Al Gore About His Rich-Get-Warmer, Poor-Get-Colder Global Warming Offset Proposals at House and Senate Hearings Wednesday

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Members of the black leadership network Project 21 urge elected representatives to use Al Gore's appearances today before the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Senate Environment and Public Works Committee to ask the former Vice President about his own ...
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