Browsing Month September, 2011
TARP legal bills paid w/ ‘no descriptions of work’ | WASH Ex
By MB Snow at September 29, 2011 | 11:06 am
Christy Romero, the acting special inspector general (SIG) for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, released a report saying that the Treasury Department's Oiffice of Financial Services paid $25.5 million in TARP-related legal fees and expenses to four law firms even when the bill paid did not detail the work performed by the law firm or when the charge was "not allowed ... Go To Article
Barack Obama , Congress , General , News
HEALTH CARE::Draft spending bill would defund Obama healthcare law – Hill
By MB Snow at September 29, 2011 | 10:56 am
House Republicans released a draft spending bill Thursday that would cut off funding for many parts of the healthcare reform law, though the bill remains deadlocked in the Appropriations Committee. The draft legislation would attempt to derail implementation of the law. It would specifically block any money from going to the Center for Consumer Information and ... Go To Article
Barack Obama , Congress , General , Health Care , News
ELECTION 2012::ANITA PERRY takes on new role in ’12 – POLITICO.com
By MB Snow at September 29, 2011 | 9:45 am
In the short time since her husband joined the GOP presidential race, Anita Perry has stumped for him in Florida, opened the campaign office in South Carolina and made a series of stops in Iowa. In advance of the Florida straw poll last week, the campaign sent out a mailer to GOP activists with a direct appeal from her. It’s a dramatically different role than the one ... Go To Article
Election 2012 , Featured , General , News , Politics
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON::Postmodern Class Warfare – NRO
By MB Snow at September 29, 2011 | 9:40 am
Today’s men of the people make no attempt to match their lifestyle with their rhetoric. When President Obama’s approval rating hit 40 percent, he fumed at “billionaires and millionaires,” “fat-cat bankers,” and “corporate-jet owners.” In his sloppy targeting, Obama doesn’t care much that a billionaire has 1,000 times more than a millionaire — or ... Go To Article
RUSH::GOP Establishment “Does Not Want A Conservative Getting The Nomination”
By MB Snow at September 29, 2011 | 8:59 am
RUSH LIMBAUGH: My friends, do not doubt me. I know this is going to shock many of you, and maybe disappoint a lot of you. But when you talk about the Republican establishment -- and you've read their pieces today -- you know what I'm talking about: The columnists, the magazine directors, editors, publishers, whatever, they are reaching and searching for a counter to the ... Go To Article
Barack Obama , Election 2012 , Featured , General , News , Politics
ENVIRONMENT::230,000 reasons to get an EPA story right |Daily Caller
By MB Snow at September 29, 2011 | 8:51 am
The idea that the Environmental Protection Agency might hire as many as 230,000 new bureaucrats to staff a regulatory regime related to greenhouse gases is, without question, a shock to the system. So it’s almost forgivable for professional Obama administration defenders and reflexive EPA protectors to scream that it ain’t so. Almost. On Monday we published a ... Go To Article
ELECTION 2012: NJ Gov. Chris Christie considers run for the White House – NYPOST.com
By MB Snow at September 29, 2011 | 8:42 am
After months of hedging, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is giving serious thought to jumping into the ring for a GOP presidential run -- and could make his decision next week, The Post has learned. The announcement may come as soon as Monday, said sources familiar with Christie’s ... Go To Article
Barack Obama , Election 2012 , Featured , General , News
ELECTION 2012::RNC chairman faces leadership test with primary calendar shuffle – The Hill
By MB Snow at September 28, 2011 | 11:06 pm
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus is facing one of the biggest challenges of his tenure — juggling the party’s presidential primary calendar. Priebus, who took over the cash-strapped committee at the beginning of the year, has managed to put a serious dent in its debt. But now he has to balance states that want an influential position in the ... Go To Article
Election 2012 , General , News , Politics
MICHAEL BARONE: Mitch Daniels Dares GOP Candidates to Be Grown-Ups – RCP
By MB Snow at September 28, 2011 | 10:34 pm
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels did not attract as large a crowd when he spoke at American Enterprise Institute (where I am a resident fellow) earlier this week as he did when several months ago, before he disappointed admirers by announcing that he wouldn't run for president. via RealClearPolitics - Mitch Daniels Dares GOP Candidates to Be ... Go To Article
GEORGE WILL: For Barney Frank, no Fed dissent will do – The Washington Post
By MB Snow at September 28, 2011 | 10:28 pm
“If two people always agree,” says Ben Bernanke, “one of them is redundant.” So, imagine what the Federal Reserve chairman thinks of Rep. Barney Frank’s legislation designed to dampen dissent within the Fed. via For Barney Frank, no Fed dissent will do - The Washington ... Go To Article
