August 11, 2015

Three Signs the EPA/Army Corps Water Rule is a Disaster

The Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers’ final water rule under the Clean Water Act seeks to regulate almost every type of water in the country. And you don’t even need to get into the substance of the rul...

February 24, 2015

Protecting Taxpayers from the Farm Bill's New Blank Check

Last year, Congress created two major programs for farmers that, not surprisingly, will shatter Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) cost projections. Taxpayers’ liability for these programs is open-ended because a widely-supported li...

January 30, 2014

The Farm Bill Would Make a Soviet Central Planner Blush

Every five years, Congress takes a holiday from the principles that made this country great and turn to central planning policies that were in vogue in 1933. This nightmare holiday is the farm bill. Right on cue, the current House passed a nearly $1...

August 21, 2013

ObamaCare and the Food Police

Chain restaurants and their customers will soon feel the pinch of an expensive ObamaCare requirement that has been flying under the radar until now.  ObamaCare mandates that "restaurants and similar retail food establishments" print nutritional ...

May 15, 2011

Helping to End Eminent Domain Abuse

Six years ago, the United States Supreme Court effectively gutted property rights protections in the Fifth Amendment.  A pending bill in the United States House could help to address some of the damage caused by the Court.In Kelo v. City of New ...

December 2, 2010

Supreme Court to Hear Political Welfare Case

The United States Supreme Court could soon put an end to one form of political welfare.  This week, the Court decided to hear an appeal of a federal Ninth Circuit case addressing whether Arizona's "clean elections" system is constituti...

October 12, 2010

Another Massive Energy Tax Looms on the Horizon

After getting their hopes dashed on cap and trade legislation, many legislators are still determined to impose an energy tax on Americans.Senator Bingaman (D-NM), along with 32 cosponsors, has introduced legislation that would create a 15-percent ren...