Tag: Analysis

A UPS employee has sued the Grand Rapids-based Teamsters Local 406. (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

Big Labor blocking workers from using new right-to-work laws

Sean Higgins · October 6, 2013 4:00 am

A statue of George Washington is seen amidst American flags adn the Tea Party flag during a rally at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Tuesday, April 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Tea Party is the solution, not the problem

Star Parker · October 5, 2013 4:00 am

On Oct. 21, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit will hear arguments in a case, USA v. Regenerative Sciences, in which the federal Food and Drug Administration threatens to usurp long-standing state regulation of the practice of medicine. (Photo: Thinkstock)

FDA blocks innovation in adult-stem-cell research

Manhattan Moment · October 4, 2013 4:00 am

Failure to come to an agreement on a continuing resolution has led to the current government shutdown, even as another epic battle looms over another increase in debt ceiling.

Congress and the president must get serious about debt crisis

Veronique de Rugy · October 4, 2013 4:00 am

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has officially rebuffed a request from National Park Service to close several state park sites. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Scott Walker refuses federal order to close state parks

Sean Higgins · October 4, 2013 4:00 am

Grand Canyon National Park Ranger Jason Morris talks to people on a motorcycle at the closed park entrance on Thursday in Ariz. More than 400 national parks are closed as Congress remains deadlocked over federal government funding. (AP Photo/Brian Skoloff)

Obama’s intransigence closed America’s natural wonders

Ron Arnold · October 4, 2013 4:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner doesn't get enough credit for having stopped scores of progressive ideas -- and often in the face of tremendous pressure. President Obama, once on track to implement more wide-ranging reforms than any president since FDR, now nips at the margins through executive orders, court challenges and regulation by fiat.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Congress is doing its job

David Harsanyi · October 3, 2013 4:00 am

The launch of Obamacare's new insurance exchanges on Tuesday was plagued by technical glitches. (AP/David Mercer)

Beltway Confidential

Media apparently able to find only one person who signed up for Obamacare exchanges

Ashe Schow · October 3, 2013 4:00 am

Tea Party activists rally in front of the Capitol building on Sept. 10. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Study finds IRS suppression of Tea Party swung 2012 election

Sean Higgins · October 3, 2013 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Harry Reid blocks funding for veterans programs, national parks

Joel Gehrke · October 3, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama waves as he arrives to speak about the government shutdown and debt ceiling during a visit to M. Luis Construction on Thursday in Rockville, Md. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Beltway Confidential

Obama says workers should not have right to strike

Sean Higgins · October 3, 2013 4:00 am

Washington focuses on symbolism, not substance

Scott Rasmussen · October 3, 2013 4:00 am