On Thursday, Energy Secretary Steven Chu testified about the failure of solar-panel maker Solyndra.  Chu says the loan guarantee program had rigorous oversight, that no one above him was calling the shots and that American taxpayers will not recover most of the $535 million that the government sent to Solyndra before it went bankrupt.  So […]

 

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On Friday, the House of Representatives will vote on a proposed Balanced Budget Amendment.  The bill is identical to the one that nearly cleared Congress in 1995.  It simply says expenditures must not exceed revenues.  Is short and sweet the best approach?  How has this strategy fared at the state level?  We ask Florida Rep. […]

 

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Greg Corombos of Radio America and Daniel Foster of National Review Online are encouraged by a poll showing Mitt Romney handily defeating President Obama in New Hampshire.  They also groan over the national debt hitting $15 trillion and almost no one in Washington suggesting serious change.  And they cheer New York Rep. Peter King for […]

 

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