Public Policy

February 8th, 2018
By Todd Beamon – newsmax.com – February 7, 2018 Two members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus slammed the two-year budget plan reached Wednesday by the Senate, with Alabama GOP Rep. Mo Brooks declaring, “I’m not only a no, I’m a hell no.” “It is a debt-junkie’s wildest dream — with all the spending of money that we don’t have,...
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February 7th, 2018
By: Louis Nelson – politico.com – February 6, 2018 President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for a government shutdown if Congress does not pass what he considers adequate border-security measures. “If we don’t get rid of these loopholes where killers are allowed to come into our country and continue to kill … if we don’t change it, let’s have a...
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February 7th, 2018
By: Louis Nelson – politico.com – February 6, 2018 President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for a government shutdown if Congress does not pass what he considers adequate border-security measures. “If we don’t get rid of these loopholes where killers are allowed to come into our country and continue to kill … if we don’t change it, let’s have a...
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February 7th, 2018
By: Lisa Rozner – newyork.cbslocal.com – February 5, 2018 Some parents say being politically correct has gone too far. As for the disappointed girls at PS 65, they say they’ve been getting ready for the dance for months. Officials opted to postpone the father-daughter dance at a school in Staten Island because it excludes other genders, claiming city policies forced them...
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February 2nd, 2018
By: Mike Berry – thehill.com – January 29, 2018 Liberals who once proudly positioned themselves on the front lines of expanding conscience rights beyond religious liberty to include moral beliefs, have now abandoned those who need it most. Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights announced the creation of a new Conscience...
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February 2nd, 2018
By: Andrew C. McCarthy – nationalreview.com – February 1, 2018 It appears very likely that President Trump is going to allow the disclosure, in some form, of the memo on alleged FISA abuse authored by majority staff of the House Intelligence Committee under the direction of Chairman Devin Nunes (R., Calif.). It could happen as early as today. As one...
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January 31st, 2018
By: John Heubusch – realclearpolitics.com – October 18, 2017 By making tax reform one of the policy pillars of his first year in office, President Trump has made at least one move that aligns himself with the standard-bearer of conservatism, Ronald Reagan. Trump has laid out a plan that advances President Reagan’s vision for strong economic growth through lower taxes,...
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January 31st, 2018
By: Matt Vespa – townhall.com – January 31, 2018 The war between House Republicans and the DOJ/FBI continues as the bureau released a statement today saying they had “grave concerns”about the House Intelligence Committee releasing a damning FISA memo that alleges grave abuses, citing omissions that could impact its accuracy (via the Hill): In a rare public statement on Wednesday,...
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January 31st, 2018
By: Dan McLaughlin – nationalreview.com – January 30, 2018 President Trump’s State of the Union speech tonight was subdued, emotional, Trumpy in some identifiable ways (like his focus on gang violence and skills-based immigration restrictions), but also normal: a speech that in tone could have been given by a conventional politician. That doesn’t excuse or erase the ways in which...
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January 31st, 2018
President Donald J. Trump’s State of the Union Address January 30, 2018 Remarks as prepared for delivery TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, the First Lady of the United States, and my fellow Americans: Less than 1 year has passed since I first stood at this podium, in this majestic chamber,...
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