Entries for 'Heritage Foundation'

Mulvaney, a South Carolina Republican, is a founding member of the House Freedom Caucus, the most conservative group in Congress....

...a landmark report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, released earlier this month....

As Republicans prepare to hammer out the details of a replacement for Obamacare, governors and state insurance commissioners are asking for a seat at the table....

Pruitt led the fight against the Clean Power Plan, the Waters of the United States rule, and the Renewable Fuel Standard....

...She does not support Common Core “period.”....

...Washington could find itself strategically outflanked....

A wedding ring on Dad's finger is more than a symbol of his commitment to Mom. It also proves to be the ultimate anti-poverty weapon for their children....

...the bill forces young women between the ages of 18 and 26 to sign up for the Selective Service, making them eligible for conscription if Congress reinstates the draft....

...U.S. companies that assemble oceangoing vessels rely heavily on foreign parts, foreign investment and foreign shipbuilding expertise....

...the Obama administration already has the authority to pay for a Zika response from existing agency budgets, but chose not to....

After Friedrichs’ legal team files the petition for rehearing, they expect the court to hold the petition until a new justice is confirmed....

Exempting Puerto Rico from the Jones Act is the single most important step Congress can take....

...9 Zingers From the Sharp Mind of Justice Scalia....

This morning, the Supreme Court heard a challenge to the requirement in California that government employees, such as public school teachers, pay fees to the local union even if they choose not to join the union....

The Every Student Succeeds Act passed the Senate by a margin of 85 – 12 and in the U.S. House by a vote of 359-64 in late November (this included every Democrat who voted in both the House and Senate)....

House and Senate proposals to rewrite No Child Left Behind are set to head into conference early next week....

It’s bad enough having a state hold an election that is racially discriminatory. Now we have a judge willing to allow it to move forward....

...whether electoral districts should continue to be drawn using a state’s total population, which is the current precedent, or if the system should shift to account only for eligible voters....

...a federal judge ordered the government return $167,000 law enforcement seized from a motorist driving through Nevada....

Both Schatz and Hirono support the Iran nuke deal ....

One barrier to business is the Merchant Marine Jones Act....

...we must work to protect the freedom of speech, association and religion of those who continue to abide by the truth of marriage as union of man and woman....

On June 15, when the law goes into effect, Santa Monica will see a drastic reduction in its Airbnb options, banning 1,400 of about 1,700 vacation rentals available on home sharing websites....

My father experimented with my make-up and clothes....

...local authorities share fingerprints from everyone booked into jail with federal authorities, who comb the prints for immigrants, those here legally and illegally, so they can be deported....

In 1991, my father died of AIDS. None of my father’s partners/ex-partners are still alive....

...Memories Pizza isn’t an isolated incident.... Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich was forced to step down... In January, Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran was fired ....

...the cost of a U.S.-manufactured ship is about four times that of foreign competition....

With the onset of another snowstorm hitting the Northeast, New Jerseyans are shaking their snow shovels at a federal law that causes them almost yearly fits.... 

“The next round of high prices is likely to start later this year, as crude rebounds to the $80s and $90s, perhaps pushing to the $100 level by late in the year or early next.”

The Alaska governor is actually required to “use best efforts and all appropriate means to persuade the United States Congress to repeal those provisions of the Jones Act formerly codified at 46 U.S.C. 861, et seq.”...

Retailers in the gun industry say they’re being discriminated against....

...what is to prevent community colleges from escalating tuition and fees once the federal government – via taxpayers – begins paying the tab?

“Islamophobic is a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons....”

...leasing solar panels from a third party may be a harmful investment for homeowners....

...there’s a big difference between insurance coverage and access to health care services....

...legislation to prohibit the federal government from “mandating, incentivizing or coercing” states to adopt the national education standards known as Common Core....

U.S. law allows shippers to transport goods domestically on cars, trucks, aircraft, or rail cars built in other countries. Just not ships....

Republicans shifted the balance of power in the U.S. Senate, gaining at least seven seats, widened their majority in the House by at least 11 seats and defeated Democrats in 24 governor’s races....

...businesses and workers with specialized skills congregate together....

North Korea now has the ability to produce a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can be mounted atop a ballistic missile....

Ministers face a 180-day jail term and $1,000 fine for each day they decline to celebrate the same-sex wedding....

Most honest answer: "I'm just going along with it."

... but not UH Manoa ....

...The wind production tax credit, a generous $23 per-megawatt-hour tax credit the producer receives for 10 years, expired last year....

...“I think for us to that that [legalize recreational use] without having all the data, there is not enough data, and to a certain extent you could say it was reckless.”....

...the Gabbard measure would go further, forcing thousands of economy-boosting tourists and business travelers to apply for visas — a notoriously arduous process....