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California Oil Refinery (Paul Sakuma : Associated Press)

Oil and Gas Exports—One Policy Change, Many Benefits

“Businesses that sell to foreign markets put more people to work in high-quality jobs, offering more Americans the chance to earn a decent wage,” claimed the Obama administration’s Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker in a March 18 Wall Street Journal

Obama's Chicago Crony In Charge of Handing Internet to Tyrants

Obama's Chicago Crony In Charge of Handing Internet to Tyrants

The Obama administration’s calamitous policy of abandoning U.S. control of Internet domain names is being handled by none other than his controversial Chicago crony, Penny Pritzker. Pritzker, the Hyatt billionaire and subprime mortgage lender who withdrew her name from consideration

Senate Confirms Pritzker as Secretary of Commerce

Senate Confirms Pritzker as Secretary of Commerce

(AP) By ANDREW TAYLOR – The Senate Tuesday confirmed billionaire business executive Penny Pritzker to be commerce secretary, filling a vacancy that has stood since John Bryson resigned last summer. The sweeping 97-1 vote installs Pritzker, a longtime friend of

The Pritzker Hearing and the Chicago-DC Ruling Class

The Pritzker Hearing and the Chicago-DC Ruling Class

I found it astonishing to watch Senators from both parties roll over for Secretary of Commerce nominee Penny Pritzker at her confirmation hearing his week.  My Breitbart colleagues teased me for my lack of cynicism about the “ruling class” in

Thune Grills Pritzker About Subprime Bank Failure

Thune Grills Pritzker About Subprime Bank Failure

After over 40 minutes of evasion in Penny Pritzker’s confirmation hearing as Secretary of Commerce, the committee finally heard about the failure of Pritzker’s Superior Bank in 2001 due to subprime lending. “What do you have to say to the

Penny Pritzker: Obama's Worst Insult to His Left-Wing Base

Penny Pritzker: Obama's Worst Insult to His Left-Wing Base

In a crowded field, Chicago billionaire, bundler, sub-prime banker and union buster Penny Pritzker is clearly the worst nominee that President Barack Obama has chosen for his second term cabinet.  Though the position for which she has been nominated, Secretary

Obama Nominates Top Bundler Pritzker as Commerce Secretary

Obama Nominates Top Bundler Pritzker as Commerce Secretary

Today, President Barack Obama plans to nominate one of his top campaign donors to become secretary of the Commerce Department. Billionaire Hyatt hotel heiress Penny Pritzker, whom Forbes ranks as the 277th richest person in America, bundled at least $904,957