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In Their Own Words… Obama Policies Deliberately Drive Up Energy Prices
President Barack ObamaJanuary 2008 “Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket.”“If somebody wants to build a coal plant, they can — it’s just that it will bankrupt them…”June 2008 “I think that I would have preferred a gradual adjustment” of gas... Continue Reading
March 12, 2012
Obama Fails America on Nuclear Arms
During Senate consideration of the New START arms control treaty with Russia, President Obama promised to provide enough money to modernize America’s nuclear weapons complex. This modernization was required irrespective of New START, but became that much more critical due to the weapons cuts required by the treaty. Once the treaty was ratified, the president abandoned his promise, most recently in his fiscal year 2013 budget request. The president’s proposed funding... Continue Reading
March 12, 2012
The “Above the Law” President
On one issue after another, President Obama says he can’t wait for Congress to act. This is the same justification presidents have always used when they find the checks and balances required by democracy to be inconvenient. That preference for ruling as an unaccountable monarch is precisely what our founders feared. Evasion of Constitutional Checks President Obama has said he would prefer to rule without interference from the elected representatives of the American people. His record shows... Continue Reading
March 9, 2012
February 2012 Unemployment
February 2012 Unemployment Rate: 8.3 percent Unemployed Americans: 12.8 million Employment The Department of Labor reported an unemployment rate of 8.3 percent for February 2012, unchanged from January, and an increase of 227,000 nonfarm jobs. Most of the new jobs were professional and business services, leisure and hospitality, manufacturing, mining, and health care positions. This makes 37 straight months under President Obama with unemployment over 8 percent. The economy lost 864,000 net... Continue Reading
March 8, 2012
Democrats Versus the Facts on Iran
Senator John Kerry (D-MA) takes to the opinion pages today to criticize an “inaccurate” debate on Iran’s nuclear program. The facts demonstrate how it is Senator Kerry’s writing and the Obama Administration’s assertions on Iran that are inaccurate. How Does New START Relate to Iran? Senator Kerry opens his op-ed by attempting to undermine the credibility of those he disagrees with. He questions a 2010 op-ed on New START, calling it full of “blisteringly... Continue Reading
March 7, 2012
Obama Driving up Trucking Costs
President Obama will talk about the economy today at a Daimler Trucks North America facility in Mt. Holly, North Carolina. The President’s regulations on the trucking industry have been a road block to job creation. A recent Pew Research Center survey found that a majority of Americans (55 percent) believe the auto industry has a positive effect on the country. The same poll found a majority of Americans (52 percent) believe government regulation of business usually does more harm than... Continue Reading
March 6, 2012
Democrats’ 6 Point Blame Game Is Not an Energy Plan
Gas prices are rising, consumers are feeling the pain at the pump, and President Obama is more focused on saving his own job than on saving the American people money. The president could pursue a commonsense energy policy that would reduce gas prices. Instead, he is pushing the same old myths and failed policies that have cost taxpayers billions of dollars and done nothing to promote energy independence. 1. Taxes and Subsidies “I am asking Congress – eliminate this oil industry... Continue Reading
March 6, 2012
Guantanamo Recidivism Rate Continues to Rise
Despite media stories that the Director of National Intelligence report published yesterday regarding Guantanamo detainee recidivism said there are “not quite so many Gitmo re-offenders,” the numbers themselves in fact show the Guantanamo recidivism rate continues to rise. As of this date # of detainees released confirmed of reengaging in terrorist activities or suspected of doing so Recidivism rate Dec. 29, 2011 599 167 28% Sept. 13, 2011 599 161 27% Oct. 1,... Continue Reading
March 1, 2012
Obama Abandons Medicare
President Obama and Democrats claim to be committed to “protecting” seniors. But their policies fail to protect the essential Medicare program. It is yet another broken promise by the president. Once again this week, President Obama ignored a legal requirement to produce a plan to strengthen Medicare – the fourth straight year he has failed to put a plan forward. And reports indicate Democrats in the Senate have no plans to strengthen Medicare because it would be “giving... Continue Reading
March 1, 2012
President Obama Versus Candidate Obama on the Middle East
In a 2008 campaign speech, then-presidential candidate Obama outlined how his Administration would act with respect to Israel and the rest of the Middle East. Soon after saying, “Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided,”1 he made a variety of promises about Iran’s nuclear program and Middle East peace that have gone similarly unfulfilled under President Obama. Obama claimed “diplomacy” will solve the Iran nuclear problem • A... Continue Reading
February 29, 2012
Throw Another North Korea Nuclear Promise on the Pile
The Obama Administration continues to believe it can talk the North Korean Kim regime out of its nuclear weapons program. The State Department today issued a statement on the outcome of the most recent talks held in China. North Korea has agreed “to implement a moratorium on long-range missile launches, nuclear tests, and nuclear activities at Yongbyon, including uranium enrichment activities.” It further agreed “to the return of IAEA inspectors to verify and monitor the... Continue Reading
February 29, 2012
As Opposition to Obamacare Grows, So Do Costs
According to a recent Gallup/USA Today poll: “A clear majority of registered voters call the bill's passage ‘a bad thing’ and support its repeal if a Republican wins the White House in November.” Now, Americans have another reason to oppose the President’s costly health care law. The Washington Post recently reported: “Medical costs for enrollees in the health-care law’s high-risk insurance pools are expected to more than double initial... Continue Reading
February 28, 2012
Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Obama Threatens to Cry “Wolf” Again
With gasoline prices causing unrest among voters, President Obama is considering tapping America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve. This purely political move would cause more harm than good—including costing American taxpayers $1.5 billion dollars. Gasoline prices have surged 42 cents a gallon in the first two months of 2012, setting new records for the most expensive January and February ever at the pump. Americans now pay an average of $3.72 for one gallon of regular gasoline1, a 101... Continue Reading
February 28, 2012
Obama Tells Auto Workers He’s with Them Today, Leaves Out Billions of Dollars of Regulations Coming in 2014 and 2017
Today, President Obama addressed the United Auto Workers to tout the $85 billion government bailout of the auto industry. The President failed to mention his Administration is mandating some of the most expensive regulations in U.S. history aimed directly at the auto industry. Final Medium and Heavy Duty Truck Rule The Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation finalized in September 2011 the first ever rule regulating mileage for medium and heavy duty trucks. Beginning in... Continue Reading
February 28, 2012
$4 Gasoline is Not “Good Results”
Today, President Obama’s Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar defended the Obama administration’s failure of an energy policy while testifying before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. SALAZAR: “We have an energy strategy and a policy that we have been working on from day one, and we believe it continues to show good results.” Secretary Salazar’s statement stands in contrast to remarks delivered by his boss, President Obama, just a few months... Continue Reading
February 27, 2012
Obama's Keystone Two-Step
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) released the following statement regarding President Obama’s praise for TransCanada’s decision to build a pipeline to bring crude oil from Cushing, Oklahoma, to the Gulf of Mexico: “In January, President Obama chose to reject TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline project. Today, the White House praised TransCanada for moving forward with a part of the pipeline. As usual, the White House wants to have it both... Continue Reading
February 23, 2012
Obama Reaches Energy Goal: “Gradual Adjustment” of Gas Prices
On June 19, 2008, then-Senator Obama said he “would have preferred a gradual adjustment” of gas prices. On January 19, 2009, the day before President Obama was inaugurated, Americans paid $1.85 per gallon of regular gasoline. Today, families and small businesses pay $3.59 per gallon of regular gasoline. According to the President’s plan, gas prices have undergone a “gradual adjustment” since he took office. There has been a 94 percent increase in the price of... Continue Reading
February 22, 2012
Obama’s Corporate Tax Plan: Hurts Business in America
The President’s Corporate Tax Plan is reform that hurts free enterprise and entrepreneurship. The Plan proposes $250 billion in new taxes on business in America. The Plan moves drastically from the President’s promise of lowering the corporate tax rate to simply more international taxation. The United States, at 35 percent has the highest federal government corporate tax rate of any advanced industrial economy. Bundled with an average 4.2 percent average state and local combined tax... Continue Reading
February 17, 2012
The Obama Stimulus: Three Years of Failure
“In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.” --Ronald Reagan, First Inaugural Address For the past three years, Washington has tried to “fix” the economy by directing funds to economic sectors the Obama Administration favors. This has not worked. It is time for the government to let the private sector create jobs without fear of tax increases or the... Continue Reading