The decennial redistricting process always creates interesting match-ups for congressional seats and 2012 is no exception. As you look around at the most interesting races resulting from this process, the battle over Florida’s 7th District, which features freshman Republican Sandy Adams against
The largest American labor federation promised this week it would launch the most aggressive campaign effort in the labor movement’s history, tapping at least 400,000 union members to fill the voter contact and get-out-the-vote voids in the larger Democratic operation. AFL-CIO
Last year, to much outcry from liberal quarters, New Hampshire cut its tobacco tax by 10 cents a pack. The move was designed to bring in more revenue, at least in part by providing out-of-state purchasers an added incentive to
As Republicans take a step closer to deciding their fate at the top of the 2012 ticket all of the ticket, Senate Republicans this week are preparing to shoot themselves in their collective foot by lining the pockets of left-wing
In theory, the U.S. Export-Import Bank exists to help American businesses both small and large sell their products in overseas markets by offering loan guarantees and alleviating credit risks. But in practice, nearly all of Ex-Im’s taxpayer-backed funds go straight
Rick Santorum is surging in national polling. As Ed Morrissey notes, in a two-man race, Santorum beats Mitt Romney among Republicans by a sweeping 55% to 34% margin. In other words, ouch. But while many pundits suggest that Santorum has a
President Obama’s EPA usually has a bad habit of kicking American industry when it’s down by dumping on them with unnecessary regulations, regardless of what business leaders say the effects will be. Usually. Which is why the latest fiasco over
A well-connected company with close ties to a key Obama Administration official may be running afoul of the SEC by failing to report to its investors material events that significantly impact its bottom line. Just another day in Barack Obama’s
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley last week proposed a budget that would raise taxes by $311 million. From the Washington Post: The Democrat outlined a $15.3 billion general fund budget plan that includes about $311 million in new revenue. About $182
Call it life imitating art. Call it a cynical election year ploy for campaign cash. Call it a desperate Hollywood remake. But don’t call it over. Sources on Capitol Hill claim that, although last week saw the timely and bloody
President’s appointment of liberal former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to head the powerful Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was a direct assault on the Constitution and the law causing constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley to remark that President Obama has
The controversial anti-piracy legislation that set off an unprecedented wave of opposition from the technology sector is withering on the vine, with additional Members of Congress withdrawing support for the bills on an almost hourly basis. What’s interesting is that
The Empire State is struggling to bring in additional tax revenue it projected it would gain from efforts to stop smokers from buying untaxed cigarettes on Indian Reservations, reports the New York Post: The state’s tax collectors were recently calling
Senator Tom Harkin, whose outspoken opposition to Wall Street generally and for-profit schools specifically has made him a leading voice in Congressional regulation of career and for-profit colleges. His office is set to release a report this month – the
Now we know why President Obama isn’t spending any time fighting a war on unemployment. He’s too busy fighting his war on coal. Indeed, while the past few months have seen tiny signs our economy might be growing despite Obama’s
Senate Republicans have been holding up the confirmation of Richard Cordray to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau until changes to the agency’s structure are made to provide oversight and accountability at the agency. But sources from inside the
Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings, who is the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, has launched an investigation into the compensation of executives at private sector colleges and universities. Rep. Elijah Cummings The New York Times reports: “The American taxpayers
Across the United States, Idaho is typically known for two things: Potatoes, and its conservative political tendencies. Indeed, in 2010, only Wyoming bested the Gem State in terms of “redness.” So, suffice to say, Idaho is no Maryland. However, it
We never thought that there would be a problem with an Obama administration regulatory agency not regulating enough, but that bizarre day has come. The Federal Electric Reliability Commission (FERC), which is charged with ensuring that the nation’s power grid
Spurred on by the need to court a waning youth vote, the Obama Administration addressed a concern that has been on many students’ and recent graduates’ minds: The cost of education in America. Calling college presidents from across the country
A bipartisan pair of congressmen are taking on a new battle in the House of Representatives, one that could grab some attention a month out from the Iowa caucuses. In a “Dear Colleague” letter issued last week, Rep. John Sullivan
Another week, another CEO of a major U.S. company publicly calls out Washington, DC for its onslaught of new regulation. This time it’s Clarence Otis Jr., the CEO of Darden Restaurants, through which position he oversees Olive Garden, Red Lobster,
In case the fact that 76 percent of Americans oppose ditching the dollar bill in favor of a dollar coin wasn’t compelling enough, a new study that exposes the proposal’s supposed cost savings as mere myth should finally convince the
In a move that grabbed attention among the technology and retail business communities, three senators–Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY), Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)–introduced legislation aimed at allowing states to require online-only, out-of-state retailers to collect and
When Scott Brown upset the Massachusetts Democratic establishment by winning the Senate seat held by Ted Kennedy for a generation, he ran as a Republican. This cycle, facing the “founder” of the Occupy Wall Street movement, Elizabeth Warren, he appears
