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Phil AmmannMarch 18, 2015

Bill Day’s latest casts a critical eye on U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, the 2016 presidential wannabe who has a serious issue with his grasp of foreign policy, namely in regards to Iran. The Republican Senator from Florida, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was part of a recent hearing called “The President’s Request […]

Phil AmmannMarch 18, 2015

Bill Day’s latest casts a critical eye on U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, the 2016 presidential wannabe who has a serious issue with his grasp of foreign policy, namely in regards to Iran. The Republican Senator from Florida, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was part of a recent hearing called “The President’s Request […]

Ryan RayMarch 5, 2015

After hearing yesterday from a panel of Florida health care experts as well as some from Indiana Gov. Mike Pence‘s administration, the Senate Health Policy Committee led by Chairman Sen. Aaron Bean has filed a proposal Thursday night to accept federal funds to extend Medicaid coverage to Florida’s nearly 1 million uninsured. The plan would create a Florida Health […]

Associated PressMarch 5, 2015

The arguments offered in the U.S. Supreme Court over subsidies that help millions of people afford their health insurance suggest that the Obama administration has two chances to attract one critical vote. The justices will gather in private Friday to cast their votes in the case. The outcome after Wednesday’s argument appears to be in […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 27, 2015

For the first time in decades, the U.S. Atlantic coast will open to oil drilling – with the notable exception of Florida. On Tuesday, the Obama administration expects to open the Atlantic Ocean for new oil exploration, reports Sean Cockerman of McClatchy D.C. While the Interior Department proposal includes Virginia and the Carolinas, the maps […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 27, 2015

For the first time in decades, the U.S. Atlantic coast will open to oil drilling – with the notable exception of Florida. On Tuesday, the Obama administration expects to open the Atlantic Ocean for new oil exploration, reports Sean Cockerman of McClatchy D.C. While the Interior Department proposal includes Virginia and the Carolinas, the maps […]

Martin DyckmanDecember 11, 2014

It did not come as news this week that the CIA had tortured terrorism suspects. Americans already knew that. So did our enemies. The U.S. Senate select committee’s controversial report accomplished much more, however, than to simply provide the brutal, degrading, horrifying details. Equally disturbing, if not more so, was the conclusion that agency officials […]

Guest AuthorDecember 4, 2014

Even with a new Congress elected and talk of major reforms in the coming year, there remain administrative solutions that could fix some of the nation’s problems, especially in the area of housing policy. Housing policy, which impacts nearly every American, has been tossed back and forth but, unsurprisingly, has been held up due to […]

Guest AuthorJuly 17, 2014

The debate about our failed immigration policies is back in full force in the American consciousness with the recent news of tens of thousands of “children” trekking to our southern border dominating the headlines. It’s been described as a “humanitarian” disaster, further evidence of a failed immigration policy that for years has not been properly […]

Guest AuthorMay 28, 2014

Government bureaucracies are nearly indestructible and immovable. Elected officials are mere gnats that can be swatted away. These dinosaurs don’t care who occupies the corner suite on the top floor either. They don’t care what the people they “serve” think about them. They will outlast everyone. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is the second […]

Tag: Obama administration

Bill Day’s latest: Marco Rubio and his shaky grasp of foreign policy

Bill Day's latest: Marco Rubio and his shaky grasp of foreign policy

Senate Health Policy Committee files Medicaid expansion proposal

Fate of Obama health law subsidies rests with 2 justices

Obama's Atlantic drilling plan leaves off Sunshine State

Obama’s Atlantic drilling plan leaves off Sunshine State

Martin Dyckman: Listen to Sen. John McCain, who speaks with great authority on torture

Dennis Diaz: It’s still illegal even when the government does it

Steven Kurlander: The need for intervention in Central America: Bringing back Teddy’s Big Stick for the children

Rick Outzen: ‘Sea change’ may be at hand for massive VA bureaucracy