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Democrats Steer America Toward A “Fiscal Cliff”

In 2009, Majority Leader Reid felt that the Senate had a lot of important work on its plate and that the American people expected it to get that work done. Today there are even more pressing issues before the Senate, but Senator Reid has apparently lost his sense of urgency. Read More

Judiciary

Obama’s Naïve Approach to Iran

Vice President Biden gave a speech today in which he said “we” (the United States) have been “the problem” on Iran. After three years of naivety in which Iran’s nuclear program has advanced, the Obama Administration chooses to apologize for America. Read More

Economy

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Obama’s Policies Bankrupting Medicare

On April 23, 2012, the Medicare Trustees issued their annual report outlining the financial status of the program. The report described a program headed for bankruptcy and severely damaged by the Obama Administration’s budget gimmicks and failure to lead. Read More

Economy

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Arizona’s Immigration Law at the Supreme Court

On Wednesday, April 25, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on several provisions of Arizona’s immigration law (S.B. 1070). Read More

The Latest from RPC

  • May 15 2012
    In January 2008, then-presidential candidate Obama said coal-fired power plants would go “bankrupt” and “electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket” under his plan to tax greenhouse gas emissions through a cap-and-trade system. After Congress rejected that policy, President Obama defiantly announ...
  • May 15 2012
    President Obama and Senate Democrats have not provided solutions or results to America’s debt crisis. They have refused to make difficult decisions because they are concerned about their next election rather than the next generation. The President’s latest budget is full of tricks, accounting gimmic...
  • May 9 2012
    The President’s health spending law set up a “Prevention and Public Health Fund” that Washington Democrats claimed would promote wellness, prevent disease and protect against public health emergencies. We now know that instead of helping Americans prevent health problems, the Administration is u...
  • May 8 2012
    Vice President Biden gave a speech today in which he said “we” (the United States) have been “the problem” on Iran. After three years of naivety in which Iran’s nuclear program has advanced, the Obama Administration chooses to apologize for America. In April, Iran met once again with the permanen...
  • May 8 2012
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  • May 8 2012
    In 2009, with a filibuster-proof Senate, Majority Leader Reid felt that the Senate had a lot of important work on its plate and that the American people expected it to get that work done. Today there are even more pressing issues before the Senate, but Senator Reid has apparently lost his sense of u...
  • May 7 2012
    President Obama has been blaming Senate Republicans for vacancies in the federal judiciary. He will continue the hype today at the White House in what the Washington Times has described as a “strategy session on judges” with his political supporters. The facts do not support the President’s hype and...
  • May 4 2012
    The Department of Labor reported an unemployment rate of 8.1 percent for April 2012, down 0.1 percent from March, and an increase of 115,000 nonfarm jobs, which is the lowest number of jobs added in five months.
  • Apr 27 2012
    Yesterday, the Labor Department said it is withdrawing proposed rules that would ban children younger than 16 from using most power-driven farm equipment, including tractors. The rules also would prevent those younger than 18 from working in feed lots, grain silos and stockyards. The plan specifical...
  • Apr 27 2012
    Today we learned that the U.S. economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.2% in the first quarter of this year. This rate is far below what our economy needs to recover from the Obama Stagnation.
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