Dutch Parliament Votes to Ditch the Joint Strike Fighter
The bad news: This week the Dutch parliament voted to scrap Dutch participation in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. The good news: Since… Read More
Sequestration’s Shadow on the Defense Industrial Base
Unless the President and Congress change current law, the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces will soon face an indiscriminate, across-the-board cut of… Read More
Powering America Vignette: Uranium Mining and Milling
While nuclear energy is unique, uranium, its primary fuel, occurs naturally within the earth much like other, better understood energy sources such as coal, oil,… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s Imperial Presidency Guts Welfare Reform
The imperial Presidency has overturned Congress and the law again. Not content to stop at rewriting immigration policy, education policy and energy policy, yesterday, President… Read More
Supreme Court and Obamacare: Judicial Activism or Judicial Review?
The deeper meaning and implications of the Obamacare case for the Supreme Court’s reputation and constitutional law will be debated for years to come. In… Read More
Online Chat on the Obama Tax Hikes – LIVE NOW
Commonly known as “Taxmageddon,” taxes are set to go up on January 1 for everyone if Congress fails to act. Click here to join us… Read More
Obama Guts Welfare Reform
Today, the Obama Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released an official policy directive rewriting the welfare reform law of 1996. The new policy… Read More
Facts Deflate Sebelius’s Defense of Obamacare
It must be a tough job defending Obamacare, but someone’s got to do it. This week, that someone is Secretary of Health and Human Services… Read More
Fitch Ratings Warns: Congress Must Address the Fiscal Crisis
Proof of President Reagan’s wisdom keeps cropping up. A fresh example: The U.S. has retained its AAA credit status with Fitch Ratings, mainly due to… Read More
Sequestration Will Damage an Already Weakened Air Force
The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness is holding a hearing this week titled “Department of the Air Force Aircraft Force Structure Reductions.” The last… Read More
CBO Report Confirms Rich Already Pay Their “Fair Share”
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its latest estimates on the share of taxes paid by income level, giving voters a way to check… Read More
White House National Security Strategy: Distract from Real Concerns
While the President has reveled in recent U.S. military accomplishments (even at the expense of classified or sensitive information), his Administration has been guardedly quiet… Read More
House Repeals Obamacare; What’s Next
Now that the House has voted to repeal Obamacare, what happens next with H.R. 6079? The “Repeal of ObamaCare Act” will go to the Senate… Read More
Life, Religious Liberty at Heart of Obamacare Repeal Bill
Legislation to repeal Obamacare under consideration in the House today makes clear in two significant findings the massive health care law’s threat to religious liberty,… Read More
The Power of Public Opinion: A Tried and Tested Force for Full Repeal of Obamacare
Today, the House of Representatives is scheduled to take a vote—its second—to fully repeal Obamacare. House Speaker John Boehner (R–OH) said it best: “We will… Read More
Morning Bell: Top 5 Reasons to Repeal Obamacare
The House is scheduled to vote today on full repeal of Obamacare. Although many reports are circulating that Congress has already voted on this numerous… Read More
Idaho Education Reforms: No Small Potatoes (VIDEO)
Tom Luna, Idaho’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, has implemented some transformational reforms in the state—to far less fanfare than those implemented in Wisconsin under Governor… Read More
Deterring Economic Espionage
The House is considering new legislation concerning economic espionage. While the private sector should play the key role in combating this, there is bipartisan support… Read More
An Anti-Bullying Agenda for Congress
No one believes children should be bullied in school, no matter what the genesis of the bullying. But to think that somehow Congress could stop… Read More
VIDEO: Feulner and Limbaugh Discuss the Threats to America’s Future
“Join the side you are on.” In their new book, “The American Spirit: Celebrating the Virtues and Values that Make Us Great,” Dr. Edwin J…. Read More
Olympics a Reminder for Public Vigilance Against Terrorism
As the seventh anniversary of the 7/7 London terrorist attacks recently came to pass, we were reminded by a series of events across the U.K…. Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s Tax Hike on Job Creators
“The last thing you want to do is to raise taxes in the middle of a recession, because that would just suck up—take more demand… Read More
IRS Gearing Up to Enforce Obamacare Tax
For all our policy differences, there are a few economic ideas that liberals and conservatives can usually agree on. For example, we all tend to… Read More
Heritage Libertad: Taking the Conservative Message to Hispanics
We are pleased to announce that Heritage Libertad, our Spanish-language website, is getting a facelift. For the past year and a half, The Heritage Foundation… Read More
USDA Gives Millions to Farmers Who Aren’t Actually Farming
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has doled out millions of dollars in subsidies to farms on which farming isn’t actually taking place, according a new… Read More
Green Jobs Count: Fewer than Before, Sillier than Ever
Back in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released a study showing our economy had 3.1 million green jobs. Recently, it issued another green… Read More
Obama Pursues “Reset” While Putin Pursues “Get Set”
As reported by Bill Gertz, on the day Americans were celebrating our independence, Moscow dispatched bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons into the U.S. air… Read More
Morning Bell: Transportation Secretary Wants Us to Be Like Communist China
China’s attempt at a high-speed rail network is fraught with corrupt officials, impossible costs, and deadly safety failures. But U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood wishes… Read More
Are Public School Teachers Underpaid? (VIDEO)
Last year, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan stated that America’s public school teachers are “desperately underpaid” and called for a doubling of teachers’ wages…. Read More
Cloakroom: Full Repeal Edition
House Cloakroom: July 9 – July 13 Analysis: This week the House will take up full repeal of Obamacare. The Supreme Court allowed the law… Read More
