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Friday, November 26, 2010
Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:19 PM :: 4867 Views :: National News, Ethics

I do therefore invite my fellow-citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as a day of thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens.

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Thursday, November 25, 2010
Giving Thanks for the Free Market
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:23 AM :: 4869 Views :: National News, Ethics

As described by Plymouth Colony Governor William Bradford in his diary Of Plymouth Plantation, the first Pilgrim winters in America were tough. The colonists failed to produce adequate food and shelter, and as a result, many did not survive. But eventually the colony rebounded. The Pilgrims did build sufficient homes and did plant enough crops to feed the entire colony. So great was their bounty that they celebrated with a harvest feast that eventually became the Thanksgiving holiday that we celebrate today. But what was the key to the colony’s turnaround? What drove them from poverty to prosperity? The answer may surprise you.

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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Stop Treating Everyone As An Equal Threat
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:16 PM :: 7144 Views :: National News, Ethics

The Associated Press reported yesterday that “cabinet secretaries, top congressional leaders and an exclusive group of senior U.S. officials are exempt from toughened new airport screening procedures when they fly commercially with government-approved federal security details.” The article goes on to report that while the rest of the public is still subject to either a body scanner or “an intimate personal pat-down,”....

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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Heritage: Don’t Give In To North Korea Demands
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:13 PM :: 11273 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family

At 2:43 PM local time today, North Korea fired artillery rockets at the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong setting dozens of residential homes ablaze, wounding three civilians and fifteen soldiers, and killing two South Korean Marines....

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Monday, November 22, 2010
Congress: How Hawaii delegation voted Nov 22
By News Release @ 4:43 PM :: 8903 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

November 22, 2010 Recent Congressional Votes:

  • Senate: Cloture Motion; Paycheck Fairness Act
  • House: Telework Improvements Act
  • House: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Continuation Act 
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Monday, November 22, 2010
'You did what?' How anti-trust lawyer broke up Big 5
By Selected News Articles @ 1:31 PM :: 11492 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

When Hawaii became a state, the Department of Justice sent two attorneys to enforce the antitrust laws. I was one of them....

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Sunday, November 21, 2010
First-hand report: North Korea has 2000 modern centrifuges
By News Release @ 2:48 PM :: 13528 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family

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Friday, November 19, 2010
Honolulu Shipper Maersk fined for doing business in Iran
By News Release @ 1:54 PM :: 14791 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family

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Friday, November 19, 2010
Our Economy Can't Afford More GM "Success" Stories
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:30 PM :: 5278 Views :: National News, Ethics

...if the Obama Administration keeps selling their GM stock at the IPO price, the U.S. taxpayer will lose $10 billion on the deal, and that does not include the loans GM still owes, cash for clunkers, the Chevy Volt subsidies, or the millions of unseen costs the unprecedented intervention has inflicted on our economy.....

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Thursday, November 18, 2010
FULL TEXT: Report on Hawaii Personal Information Breaches -- 479,000 victims in state
By Selected News Articles @ 2:33 PM :: 9574 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Since 2005, at least 479,000 personal records have been breached in the state of Hawaii – records on one out of every three residents – according to a report by the Liberty Coalition.

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Thursday, November 18, 2010
Four Loko: Does The FDA Really Need More Power?
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:32 AM :: 10794 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Our long national nightmare is over. Phusion Projects, the makers of Four Loko brand caffeinated malt beverages, announced yesterday that it will remove the caffeine from its products. Phusion’s decisions came just one day after Senator Chuck Schumer (D–NY) pushed the Food and Drug Administration to ban “these dangerous and toxic drinks.” ...

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010
FULL TEXT: New version of Akaka Bill introduced in US Senate
By Andrew Walden @ 8:06 PM :: 14443 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

A new version of the Akaka Bill was introduced yesterday in the US Senate by Sen. Dan Akaka (D-HI).  In accordance with Senate rules, the new bill, designated S. 3945, was read twice on the Senate floor and then referred to the Senate Indian Affairs Committee.    A text of S. 3945 is not yet available.

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Monday, November 15, 2010
Inouye becomes useless? House, Senate Republicans place moratorium on Earmarks
By News Release @ 7:23 PM :: 11313 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

So much for Neil Abercrombie’s “more federal funds” refrain, eh? If this holds, Inouye will no longer be able to buy off his cronies and the corporatist state will starve.  Hawaii Democrats will be relegated to peddling marijuana, assisted suicide, and gay marriage as substitutes for pork barrel projects.

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Monday, November 15, 2010
NYT: Obama’s economic view rejected on world stage
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:11 PM :: 9325 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family

President Barack Obama returned from Asia yesterday, and the headlines greeting him home are not kind. “Obama’s economic view is rejected on world stage,” reads The New York Times; “Obama, weakened after midterms, reveals limited leverage in failed S. Korea deal,” says The Washington Post; and ABC News declares, “President Obama Falls Short on G-20 Goals: Failure to Deliver on Key Trade Goals Reveals Limits of American Influence.” These headlines are only half-right: Yes, President Obama did fail to deliver on his agenda in Asia, but the culprit is not declining American influence. The problem is a losing agenda set by the President himself.

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Sunday, November 14, 2010
AP Exit Poll: Hawaii is only state where independent voters don't think government is doing too much
By Selected News Articles @ 1:27 PM :: 8505 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

--A chunk of independent voters said they want the government to do less after two years of Democratic domination in the nation's capital. That's almost a direct reversal of how this voting group behaved in 2008. Majorities of independents in each state surveyed except Democratic-leaning Hawaii said the government is doing too many things better left to the private sector and individuals.

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Friday, November 12, 2010
CBS News: Hawaii AG Bennett’s suit could be deathknell to drug price manipulation
By Selected News Articles @ 1:35 PM :: 9435 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

The state of Hawaii’s lawsuit against pharmacy benefit manager McKesson (MCK) and drug database manager First DataBank could signal the end of drug price manipulation, at least as we currently know it....

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Friday, November 12, 2010
The Obamacare Burden To Your State Budget
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:19 PM :: 8090 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Facing a $25 billion deficit for their next two-year budget cycle, Texas lawmakers are considering closing the gap by dropping out of Medicaid. “This system is bankrupting our state,” State Representative Warren Chisum told The New York Times. “We need to get out of it. And with the budget shortfall we’re anticipating, we may have to act this year,” he said.

And Texas is not alone....

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Thursday, November 11, 2010
Providing for Those Who Serve
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:27 PM :: 4404 Views :: National News, Ethics

On this national holiday we also take a closer look at how Congress plans to provide for those who serve. Yesterday, President Barack Obama's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform released a report calling for $100 billion cuts to the defense budget. The Commission's defense cuts would make America less safe and are thus completely irresponsible.

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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
US Supreme Court refuses to hear Hawaii beach accretion case
By Robert Thomas @ 10:24 PM :: 11111 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

The denial of cert by the U.S. Supreme Court means that until the Hawaii Supreme Court confirms or rules otherwise in a future case, the ICA's rule that "unvested" rights or "contingent future interests" are not property and are subject to uncompensated acquisition by the legislature, is the law.

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Monday, November 8, 2010
Stacey Djou: On the bright side
By News Release @ 12:55 PM :: 10678 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Over the past week, Charles has received hundreds of emails from people all over the state and the nation expressing their sorrow and disappointment over Tuesday’s election results.  While we share your pain, we prefer to instead focus on all that we were able to accomplish together in the last year.

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Friday, November 5, 2010
Election Results: Dems hold Samoa, GOP holds Guam
By Selected News Articles @ 6:59 PM :: 8360 Views :: National News, Ethics

Guam Republicans Sen. Eddie Calvo and Sen. Ray Tenorio defeated Democrats former Gov. Carl Gutierrez and Sen. Frank Aguon Jr. by 583 votes in the General Election on Tuesday, but the results will not be certified unless today's recount confirms the victor.

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Thursday, November 4, 2010
NRO: Finally, They Tossed Out That Classy, Polite, Dignified Incumbent!
By Selected News Articles @ 4:31 PM :: 10424 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

I collapsed into bed at roughly 3 a.m. Wednesday morning, and awoke, groggily, some hours later to find that Rep. Charles Djou, Republican of Hawaii elected in a special three-way election earlier this year, had been defeated....

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Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Inouye: “Odds of passing the Akaka Bill are bad”
By Andrew Walden @ 11:32 PM :: 11137 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Republicans in Hawaii may have taken a drubbing Election Day, but the sudden reassertion of Republican control of Congress means that Hawaiians and Hawaii may be saved from the Akaka Bill.  

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Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Aiona, Djou thank their supporters
By News Release @ 7:19 PM :: 10298 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Aiona: "I congratulate our opponent on his victory, and will join all of you in supporting our next Governor by working to hold our government accountable to our citizens."

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Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Conservatives Get to Work
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:32 PM :: 4328 Views :: National News, Ethics

Everyone now knows that Americans remain a strong and free people, unbowed by adversity and unwilling to exchange their birthright of liberty for a perpetual stew of bureaucratic rule and government dependency.

But let’s be clear, now we must all get to work.  The new Congress has a choice: answer the call of renewal or betray the hopes of the American people.  It is time for conservatives to be conservative, and not backslide.

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Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Full State by State results: Republicans win control of House
By Selected News Articles @ 5:01 PM :: 7011 Views :: National News, Ethics

Links to national election results updated continuously...

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Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Everything you need to know about Abercrombie and Hanabusa
By Andrew Walden @ 11:53 AM :: 12869 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Click a link and find out what the rest of Hawaii media has not been telling you....

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Tuesday, November 2, 2010
John Willoughby live on Dennis Prager show
By News Release @ 10:41 AM :: 6149 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Dennis Prager (radio) Show Today Tues. Nov. 2nd between 9:00 AM and 12:00 PM

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Monday, November 1, 2010
Hawaii Right to Life PAC Urges Vote for Aiona
By News Release @ 6:07 PM :: 9101 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Janet Grace, executive director of Hawaii Right to Life stated, “We do not believe a person can be qualified for public office if he has no respect for the most innocent and vulnerable people in Hawai'i. Gubernatorial candidate Neil Abercrombie’s voting record is crystal clear: as a U.S. Congressman, he consistently voted against every piece of legislation that would have protected innocent human life."

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Monday, November 1, 2010
Solutions for Sanity
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:25 PM :: 4561 Views :: National News, Ethics

Our country may just need a Rally to Restore Comedy after this past Saturday's spectacularly unfunny Rally to Restore Sanity on the National Mall. But "The Daily Show" host and rally organizer Jon Stewart may have stumbled upon some truth in his closing remarks....

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Monday, November 1, 2010
Gallup predicts Largest Republican margin in Several Generations
By John H. Fund @ 11:44 AM :: 8067 Views :: National News, Ethics

How tall will the Republican wave be tomorrow? Two leading political analysts for Gallup have gone through the House races and drawn up what they call the most pessimistic scenario for the GOP. Even so, Republicans end up taking 38 net House seats from Democrats, putting them one seat short of control. Their most optimistic scenario for Republicans is a GOP gain of 90 seats.

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Saturday, October 30, 2010
Lingle saves Hawaii refineries from EPA
By News Release @ 3:41 PM :: 11682 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

“You raise important concerns about the impact that the standards could have on Hawaii’s two refineries, and by extension, the State’s economy and the Pacific Command,” said Jackson in her October 25, 2010 response letter to Governor Lingle.  “Your letter effectively summarizes the primary ways in which the situation of the Tesoro and Chevron refineries in Hawaii differs from that of refineries located on the mainland of the United States.”

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Saturday, October 30, 2010
Hanabusa Insurance: Medicare cuts, higher prices, and denial of care
By News Release @ 2:50 PM :: 11753 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Colleen Hanabusa has used every opportunity to say that she “supports our kupuna.” Which makes her unabashed support of the $1 trillion government takeover of health care known as Obamacare that much more puzzling.

Recently, in a debate, she claimed that no seniors would see Medicare cuts – that it is guaranteed. Actually, that’s false. Here are the facts....

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Saturday, October 30, 2010
Abercrombie: Little to point to in the way of achievement
By News Release @ 2:39 PM :: 9013 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

In many of this year’s races, you’ve heard about a candidate’s achievements in political office.  Neil Abercrombie has been silent on his work as U.S. Congressman for nearly two decades.  All we hear is a promise of “change” and “a new day.”  That is because Neil Abercrombie has no crowning achievement or landmark legislation in his twenty years in Congress.

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Friday, October 29, 2010
Hawaii windfarm developer “could go under”
By Selected News Articles @ 7:47 PM :: 10343 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

But unless Shaw and Dearborn put in more money, or First Wind finds a buyer, Downes said, the company could go under.  First Wind discloses this risk in recent financial filings. It says it has substantial, short-term debt and insufficient money to pay back loans. "Failure to comply with these obligations could result in an event of default under those agreements, which could be difficult to cure, or result in our bankruptcy," the company says.

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Friday, October 29, 2010
New Poll: GOP leads generic ballot in Hawaii, Djou up by 6%
By Selected News Articles @ 4:57 PM :: 11186 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Generic Ballot

  • Generic GOPer  46%
  • Generic Dem    42%
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Friday, October 29, 2010
Abercrombie’s 100% anti-life voting record
By News Release @ 2:18 PM :: 11686 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

 

  • Rated 0% by the National Right To Life (NRLC)
  • Rated 100% by National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL)
  • Rated 7% by the Christian Coalition on Family Issues
  • Rated 100% by the gay agenda HRC 
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Friday, October 29, 2010
Barking Sands: Japanese Missile Intercept Sends Message to North Korea
By News Release @ 11:17 AM :: 15959 Views :: Honolulu County, Democratic Party, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family

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Thursday, October 28, 2010
Abercrombie Will Harm Hawaii’s Relationship with Foreign Countries
By News Release @ 7:24 PM :: 12009 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family

Tourism is a cornerstone of Hawaii’s economy and culture and foreign relationships are essential for Hawaii leaders to foster if we are to continue promoting Hawaii as business and vacation destination.  Governor Linda Lingle utilized her executive office to promote tourism, travel and business in Hawaii and fostered strong relationships with countries like China and Japan for our state’s benefit.

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Thursday, October 28, 2010
Hawaiian Telcom Emerges from Chapter 11 Reorganization
By News Release @ 6:43 PM :: 9676 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

...effective today, the Company has successfully completed its reorganization and has emerged from its Chapter 11 proceedings, pursuant to the plan of reorganization (the “Plan”) approved by the bankruptcy court.  As expected, the new ownership and capital structure of the Company have been approved by the Federal Communications Commission and the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission.

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Thursday, October 28, 2010
Can’t say no: Hanabusa’s Tax-raising record
By News Release @ 6:30 PM :: 12592 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

In the past four years (at least), she did not encounter a single tax increase, government regulation or pay raise that she thought fell short of getting "the biggest bang" for Hawaii taxpayers' bucks.

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Thursday, October 28, 2010
Djou leads fund race
By News Release @ 5:35 PM :: 10653 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Djou has now raised more than $362,000 in October alone and over the past two months has raised more than $752,000 - nearly $200,000 more than his opponent.

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Thursday, October 28, 2010
Rep. Djou pleased by Clinton support for free trade with South Korea
By Rep Charles Djou @ 2:34 PM :: 14565 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family

Honolulu, HI — Congressman Charles K. Djou (HI-01) released the following statement after attending Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s speech on America’s engagement in the Asia Pacific....

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Thursday, October 28, 2010
Facing default, Hawaii windfarm operator cancels IPO
By Selected News Articles @ 1:50 PM :: 12413 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Given the financial tight rope First Wind is walking and its voracious need for financing to build its projects, we believe the risks outweigh the company’s upside,’’ Stephen Simko, Morningstar Inc. analyst, wrote in a report on the stock offering.

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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Abercrombie voted against tougher penalties for criminals who kill unborn baby
By News Release @ 9:25 PM :: 9458 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

While many know Neil Abercrombie supports abortion, the extreme stances he has taken on parental notification and prosecuting criminals who harm fetuses during violent crimes are counter to the values of many here in Hawaii.  While in Congress, he voted against...

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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Hawaii, DC Terror Arrests Seen as Part of a Wider Plot
By IPT News @ 3:42 PM :: 12535 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Aiona announces Hot Water, Cool Rates solar power incentives
By News Release @ 1:41 PM :: 11424 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

HONOLULU -- Lt. Governor Duke Aiona today announced four of Hawai`i’s top financial institutions will be providing a benefit of over $1.3 million dollars for Hot Water, Cool Rates, a new solar water-heater loan interest-buydown program.

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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
ABC News: For Dems, 50th State Becomes Hawaii Uh-Oh
By Selected News Articles @ 12:38 PM :: 11733 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

But Djou also isn't shy about emphasizing his Republican views on the economy: he views the stimulus as a failure, wants Congress to spend a lot less, supports a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution and supports the extension of all the Bush-era tax cuts.

Djou has "essentially been very candid and straightforward about his Republican principles. And, love 'em or hate 'em, they're out there pretty clear," said Neal Milner, a professor of political science at the University of Hawaii at Manoa....

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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Red Tape Rising: $28 Billion added to EPA’s hidden $1.75 Trillion tax
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:25 PM :: 5112 Views :: National News, Ethics

According to a report released last month by the Small Business Administration, existing total regulatory costs already amount to about $1.75 trillion annually. This "hidden tax" on the economy is nearly twice as large as the sum of all individual income taxes collected last year.

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Returning the People's House to the People
By Heritage Foundation @ 7:32 PM :: 5047 Views :: National News, Ethics
  1. Rank-and-file members, not party leaders, should be allowed equal opportunity to nominate and vote for each party's steering committee members;
  2. Term limits should apply to all House party leadership positions, including the Speaker; and
  3. A cap should be placed on the overall size of each committee so no one committee dominates the House.
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