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Economy, health care spending shrink massively in first quarter
The third and final revision of Commerce Department data released Wednesday shows that the U.S. economy shrunk a staggering 2.9 percent in the first quarter of the year:The strong swing downward was...
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Charlie Crist thinks government should pay for illegals’ health care
In a move that intelligent American taxpayers agree with, the Obama administration sent letters to 310,000 Obamacare enrollees warning them that they must provide documental proof of citizenship or...
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Congressman says Maryland Obamacare exchange under review for possible fraud
Subpoenas are being issued in a federal investigation into Maryland’s troubled Obamacare exchange, and Rep. Andy Harris — Maryland’s only Republican in Congress — believes there is evidence of fraud in...
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Louisiana GOP files ethics complaint against Mary Landrieu over improper use...
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) can’t seem to catch a break. Already embroiled in a residency scandal, now Louisiana Republicans want her further investigated for violating campaign finance laws by using...
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CMS: Obamacare will drive up health care costs over next decade
Health care spending has grown at a relatively low rate over the last four years, and, naturally, the Obama administration has tried to attribute that slow growth to Obamacare. During his now infamous...
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Internal review finds Landrieu used tax dollars to illegally fund 43 trips
Amid controversy about her use of charter planes for campaign trips, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) decided to conduct an internal review of herself. It was a strange gamble to make, and it didn’t work out...
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Nine positive polls for Republicans
Last week, a few prominent election forecast models downgraded the GOP’s chances for taking the Senate in November. However, there’s no reason to panic — nine top polls, also from last week, still hint...
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Rand Paul takes aim at Obama, NIH on Ebola
The level of carelessness with which Ebola has been handled in the U.S. is, quite frankly, astounding. Two nurses have now contracted the virus after caring for Thomas Eric Duncan, one of whom traveled...
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Tom Coburn’s final Wastebook highlights rampant misuse of funds
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) released his fifth and final “Wastebook” on Wednesday, and it tells a tale of rampant federal misuse of American taxpayer dollars. Coburn lists 100 projects in which funding has...
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Did you know Obamacare covers foreign diplomats?
The House Ways and Means and Foreign Affairs Committees announced Wednesday that there exists a loophole in Obamacare that makes it possible for foreign diplomats to receive Obamacare...
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WTH? Obama pledges $3B to aid…climate change?
They really do think if they keep saying it loud enough, man-made climate change will come true — despite the absence of any warming for over 20 years. The alarmists are slaves to computer models...
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Obamacare Hits Movie Popcorn
If you thought Obamacare’s only effect would be higher premiums, healthcare rationing and death panels, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would like to let you know Obamacare gave them the power...
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EPA Proposes “Most Expensive Regulation in History”
In what is surely a coincidence, the EPA released the most expensive regulation in history the day before Thanksgiving.This ozone rule was discussed back in 2011 but the President shelved the rule...
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Politicians Can’t Agree on Which Special Interest Gets Goodies
A veto threat from President Obama is holding up legislation on so-called “tax extenders” — or to put a fine point on it — tax breaks for a laundry list of special interests.“At issue are dozens of...
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And That’s 54!
Mary Landrieu crashed and burned in the Louisiana run-off against Republican Bill Cassidy last night. Associated Press called the election very early on when early reporting indicated a 57%/43% flame...
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$500 BILLION in taxes lost every year thanks to loopholes
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), ever the faithful government watchdog, on Tuesday released a report titled “Tax Decoder” detailing the effects of the complicated and unwieldy U.S. tax code. In short, Coburn...
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Feds spent nearly half a million studying gay hookup apps
Why does the federal government need to know if gay dating apps like Grindr make gay men more promiscuous? We have no idea, but that’s exactly what the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded...
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren wins ‘Porker of the Year’ award
Citizens Against Government Waste, a non-profit dedicated to eliminating government waste, awarded its annual “Porker of the Year” award to über-liberal Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) for her “inane”...
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Cuts in federal travel expenses would save $5 billion per year
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers are calling for billions of dollars in cuts to federal travel expenses, estimating that cutting federal travel in half would save $5 billion per year:...
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Rand Paul needles Hollywood museum in Waste Report
Sen. Rand Paul on Monday blasted a National Endowment for the Arts Grant that forked over $25,000 in taxpayer funds to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts to help pay for a movie museum: The Kentucky...
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