D.C. Parents Say School Choice Gives Students a Chance at Success
“Either he doesn’t get it, or he doesn’t care,” Sheila Jackson, parent of a D.C. Opportunity Scholarship recipient, said upon hearing the news that President… Read More
Lawmakers Rally for D.C. Scholarships, Promise to Fight Obama’s Funding Cut
A bipartisan group of lawmakers today promised to defend the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program for low-income families following President Obama’s decision to eliminate funding in… Read More
The “Doc Fix” Dilemma Calls for Immediate Medicare Reforms
Once again, Congress is scrambling to stop a scheduled 27 percent payment cut to physicians who serve Medicare patients. This frequent exercise serves as a perfect… Read More
No Way Out: How Conscience Gets Trapped in Obamacare’s Little Box of Horrors
If it weren’t for Obamacare, we wouldn’t have this problem. By “this problem,” we mean of course the Obamacare regulation that forces health insurance plans… Read More
Obamacare’s Top Three Budget Busters
Obamacare increases unaffordable government spending, which ultimately comes out of taxpayers’ pockets. Here, we summarize three of the most costly provisions of Obamacare: 1. Medicaid… Read More
Well Done, John Von Kannon
In recognition of four decades of commitment to advancing the conservative movement – including 30 years and counting of service to this think tank, Heritage… Read More
Boehner’s Payroll Tax Holiday Still Not Stimulus, but Extension Still Easy Call
This is no time to be raising taxes on anyone. This is sufficiently obvious that even President Obama and House Republicans agree on it. And… Read More
Side Effects: Obamacare Tax Will Kill Jobs, Strangle Medical Device Industry
Last week, the IRS released its proposed plan to implement the 2.3 percent excise tax on medical devices designed to help foot the bill for… Read More
Left and Right Argue Terrorism Ups and Downs
Can we be confident that President Obama’s counterterrorism strategy is headed in the right direction? When I posted a chart to suggest that the numbers… Read More
DCOSP: Obama Lets D.C. Families Down
Yesterday, I received notice that the Obama Administration’s 2013 budget cancels out the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program(DCOSP). I was reminded of how happy the families… Read More
National Marriage Week: Marriage’s Economic Divide
One of the greatest drivers of poverty in the United States is the breakdown of marriage. Eighty percent of all long-term poverty occurs in single-parent… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s Continuing Assault on the Constitution
With tens of millions of Americans watching, Barack Obama stood at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2009, with his left… Read More
Nothing Has Changed: Obamacare’s Anti-Conscience Mandate
The commotion surrounding President Obama’s press conference Friday on the latest Obamacare mandate caused plenty of confusion over the weekend. But let there be no… Read More
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VIDEO: Sen. Roy Blunt Vows to Fight Obamacare’s Anti-Conscience Mandate
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) introduced legislation to protect religious organizations from Obamacare’s overreach last summer. Now, as President Obama presses forward with his anti-conscience mandate,… Read More
Rich People Win, Poor Kids Lose, in Obama’s America
Want a clear indication of President Barack Obama’s priorities? Take a look at the spending decisions emerging from his Administration today. In the battle between… Read More
“Fashionably Late”? Try “Criminally Late”
Everyone knows that showing up late generally is a bad idea. But is it so bad that it ought to be punished criminally? To some… Read More
Obama’s Budget Ends Funding for D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program
The Obama administration is once again standing with education special interest groups and against low-income children in Washington, D.C. His 2013 budget request zeros out… Read More
Loan Guarantee Report Neglects Central Question: Why Loan Guarantees?
The White House released its much-awaited Report of the Independent Consultant’s Review with Respect to the Department of Energy’s Loan and Loan Guarantee Portfolio. Unfortunately,… Read More
Reaction Roundup: Heritage Responds to Obama’s 2013 Budget Proposal
Today, President Barack Obama released his budget for Fiscal Year 2013. Experts from The Heritage Foundation are analyzing the President’s proposal and offer their reactions,… Read More
Heritage Files Amicus Brief on What Congress Did Wrong in Obamacare
Later today, The Heritage Foundation (with five other organizations and former Senator George LeMieux) will file an amicus brief in the Supreme Court in the… Read More
Morning Bell: White House Spin Machine Hits Brick Wall
Yesterday, the newest White House chief of staff, Jack Lew, took to the Sunday talk shows to get a head start on promoting President Barack… Read More
Gov. Scott Walker Defends Reforms; ‘Our Most Powerful Tool Is the Truth’
Gov. Scott Walker delivered a passionate defense of Wisconsin’s reforms at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday night. The embattled Republican governor used his… Read More
Voices of Opposition Speak Out Against Obama’s Contraception Mandate ‘Accommodation’
“Simply unacceptable.” That’s the near-unanimous response to President Obama’s supposed “accommodation” offered to those who objected to Obamacare’s mandate that religious institutions pay for contraceptive products and services—including abortion-inducing… Read More
New START: Been There, Threatened That
Yet again, the Russians are working to strengthen their position prior to NATO’s Chicago summit coming up in May. Mikhail Ulyanov, director of the Security… Read More
Conscience “Accommodation” Doesn’t Address Underlying Problem
On Friday, President Obama announced an “accommodation” to the Health and Human Services (HHS) contraceptive mandate: Rather than requiring religious organizations that provide group health… Read More
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Rep. Price: Obama’s Contraception ‘Accommodation’ is ‘All Rhetoric’
The chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee blasted the president’s self-styled “accommodation” of religious employers required under the Obamacare law to provide contraceptive services… Read More
President Obama’s Unworkable Non-Solution on Conscience
Today, President Obama unsuccessfully attempted to extricate himself from a political crisis of his own making. The issue is Obamacare’s requirement that health insurers and… Read More
Is the U.S. Economy in a “Liquidity Trap”?
Popular economics suggests that economic activity results from a circular flow of money in the economy: One person’s spending is a second person’s income, and… Read More
Heritage Reacts to White House “Accommodation” to Religious Liberty
After two weeks of increasingly intense criticism over Obamacare’s disregard for religious liberty, the White House woke up this morning in a mood to “accommodate”… Read More
Cutting the Nuclear Arsenal Even Further
Representative Edward Markey (D–MA) has grave misconceptions regarding contributions that nuclear weapons make to the U.S. and allied national security. On Wednesday, he introduced a… Read More
