One would think that the president’s new fiscal budget would have this small town excited. President Obama has included funding to activate the Thomson Federal Prison in his 2014 fiscal budget, submitted to Congress on Wednesday. According to a letter ...
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Congressman Believes President Willing to Shut Down Government to Save Obamacare
WASHINGTON, D.C. – When asked for a comment at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this past week, one congressman said he believes President Obama would be more than willing to allow the government to shut down if needed to ...
Read More »Millions of DHS Grant Dollars Questioned by Senate Report
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Homeland Security is funding a number of projects that, according to a new congressional report, have little connection to its charter for counter-terrorism Such hard to justify ventures included a hog catcher in rural Texas, ...
Read More »Rubio As Dissatisfied With The Political Process As His Constituents
WASHINGTON, D.C.– According to Republican Senator Marco Rubio, the political process has failed to solve any of the major issues facing the nation during the last four years. In a speech before the Latino Coalition Small Business Summit, hosted by ...
Read More »Dividend Tax Rates Triple Under Obama’s 2013 Budget Plan
WASHINGTON D.C.—President Obama’s 2013 budget plan calls for a hike in the dividend tax rate from the current 15% it is now to a higher personal income tax rate of 39.6%. Once deductions and exemptions that are being phased out ...
Read More »A Premeditated Debt Crisis Before the Presidential Election?
WASHINGTON, DC – The federal government will reach yet another debt crisis no later than October of this year. This news comes from Republican Senator Rob Portman and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio), former director of the ...
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