By Robert Romano — One of the political rationales for giving the Obama Administration what it wanted on the payroll tax holiday and unemployment benefits extensions — which will add $101 billion to the debt this year alone and is not paid for — was to avoid another showdown in Washington, D.C. Previous battles between the House and Obama — [...]

By Kevin Mooney — Even if Washington D.C. politicians manage to balance the budget and resolve the current fiscal crisis, the economy is not likely to recover within the current regulatory environment, Myron Ebell, the director and of energy and global warming policy for the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) told listeners at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Instead of [...]

By Bill Wilson — This legislation the House has passed that will extend the payroll tax holiday, unemployment benefits, and the “doc fix” for another year without paying for it will add $165 billion to the debt over the next three years. This is simply inexcusable. They are promising partial pay-for’s down the road, such that the ten year cost will [...]

NRD Editor’s Note: This column was originally published at The Washington Examiner. By Bill Wilson — In late December, Barack Obama announced that he believed the U.S. Senate was in recess and that he had the right to plant four people into sensitive governmental positions without Senate concurrence.  Coming as it did during a time when the American public had [...]

By Adam Bitely — In Washington, D.C., Congress holds the distinction of being the least popular group according to the people of the United States. Second only to Congress is the most hated form of government spending — the earmark. I’ve always wondered why so many people focus their disdain on earmarks more than the larger and more conventional forms [...]

By Bill Wilson — It’s time for Obama to put up or shut up on unemployment benefits extensions up to 99 weeks. He wants to claim that the apparent drop in the jobless rate means the economy is turning a corner. If he really believes that the emergency is over, then it is time to rescind these extensions that have [...]

By Rebecca DiFede — Why does the Senate put up with so much abuse? On Jan. 4, much to the surprise of Congress, President Obama made four supposed “recess” appointments — three to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and one to the Consumer Financial Protection Board (CFPB) — without confirmation by the Senate. The Constitution specifically states that in [...]

Six GOP Senators have stood up to defend free speech by opposing the Protect IP Act. The six, Senators Grassley, Hatch, Cornyn, Sessions, Coburn, and Lee, called on Senator Harry Reid to drop his efforts to push the bill through the Senate. Check out the letter they sent to Reid below: Letter to Majority Leader Reid, January 13, 2012

Well, well, well. Looks like we have a case of hypocrisy with the author of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) used a background image for his website that was not properly attributed to the artist, nor did he seek the proper permission: I contacted DJ [the artist], to find out if Lamar had asked permission [...]

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) has announced that he will opposes H.R. 3261 Stop Online Privacy Act also known as SOPA! According to Rep. Ryan: “The internet is one of the most magnificent expressions of freedom and free enterprise in history. It should stay that way. While H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act, attempts to address a legitimate problem, I believe [...]