The Tea Party movement is the fifth major wave of immigration into the modern Republican Party since World War II. It has brought Americans who had never been politically active to the forefront of the political fight against the Obama administration’s agenda and into Republican primaries as voters, and in some cases, as candidates. The [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—On Thursday, the increasingly divisive Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) celebrated its 40th anniversary. Unable to pass unpopular and economically destructive regulatory measures through Congress, Democrats have turned to the EPA to enact their controversial agenda.
Over the last decade, the agency has been the origin of increasingly heavy regulations on American infrastructure and technology. The [...]
Things had been looking up for gun-rights activists. In 2008, the Supreme Court ruled in D.C. v. Heller that Washington’s handgun laws were unconstitutional. In the summer of 2010, in McDonald v Chicago, the court expanded that ruling to apply to handgun laws in all 50 states.
Even President Obama seemed relatively open to Second Amendment rights, saying on [...]
A food safety bill that has burned up precious days of the Senate’s lame-duck session appears headed back to the chamber because Democrats violated a constitutional provision requiring that tax provisions originate in the House.
By pre-empting the House’s tax-writing authority, Senate Democrats appear to have touched off a power struggle with members of their own [...]
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