The new health care laws will soon force virtually all Americans to purchase government-approved coverage. Compliance will be verified through your tax returns. So Louisiana Rep. John Fleming is pushing legislation to block funding for the IRS to hire more than 16,000 new agents who would be tasked with enforcing the mandate. What does his bill say? Does it have any chance of passage? How would this stop the government from mandating coverage? We ask Rep. Fleming.
Grandstanding, profanity and vague answers highlight the Senate hearings on Goldman Sachs. President Obama rules out nothing in reducing the deficit and promises major economic growth through clean energy. The immigration debate remains very volatile in Arizona and in Washington. The Democrats fail to move forward on financial reform again Tuesday. Noah’s Ark may have been found in Turkey. The last living shooter of Malcolm X has been paroled.
President Obama went to Iowa again on Tuesday to push his agenda on jobs and energy. Why does Obama keep going to Iowa to campaign for his legislative goals? How does the state that vaulted him ahead of Hillary Clinton and into the White House feel about his job as president? What is the state of the economy in Iowa? And will Iowa Republicans embrace to clash with the Tea Party movement? We ask Matt Strawn, chairman of the Iowa Republican Party.
Senate Republicans blocked consideration of the Democratic version of financial reform legislation, saying is creates a permanent bailout culture. Democrats say the vote shows Republicans are defending the status quo on Wall Street by opposing the bill. California Rep. Tom McClintock explains why he believes there is no doubt that Democrats plan to soak taxpayers again with this bailout fund. We’ll ask him how people should decide which party is telling the truth, and we’ll get his thoughts on President Obama considering a Value Added Tax to help pay down the deficit and the dismal report on the new health care laws from the president’s own Department of Health and Human Services.
The national immigration debate is raging again, following the new laws passed in Arizona. Supporters say the federal government is failing to secure this nation and stop the flood of illegals, but critics like Ali Noorani of the National Immigration Forum say this law won’t help Arizona. He says it will only encourage immigrants to hide from police and not report crimes committed against them. Why does he say any law passed by the state government is a bad idea? What does he want from Congress? Does he like the Bush version of immigration reform? And would a crackdown on illegals be OK if there were more specific guidelines on when people could be confronted by police.
Tornadoes cause widespread damage in Mississippi and Alabama and kill 12 people while injuring at least three dozen others. The immigration debate returns with renewed intensity following the passage of new laws in Arizona. The Senate takes up it’s first major vote on financial reform, and General Motors is leaving out a few details when it boasts of repaying all of its government loans.
Last year, Somali pirates captured an American vessel and took the captain prisoner. Navy SEALs then rescued the captain and killed the pirates. But the pirates are back and causing more havoc than ever over a wider area than ever. How have they done this? Where is their money coming from? What strategy would work best against the pirates? And where does the piracy problem rank on the list of international problems? We get insights from retired U.S. Navy Captain Chuck Nash.
Protests continue in Arizona against new immigration enforcement laws. Critics say the laws codify racial profiling and push illegal immigrants deeper into the shadows of society. But Al Garza of the Patriots Coalition strongly disagrees. He explains why profiling happens all the time but is now being demonized and why he’s not worried about lowering cooperation of illegals with the police. He also discusses why neither party is serious about border security.
Senate Democrats will try to pass their version of financial regulatory reform today. At the center of this debate is a fund of more than $50 billion designed to prevent taxpayers from having to bail out another Wall Street failure. So why will taxpayers end up on the hook for this fund instead of the banks that will be ordered to pay into the fund? What should be the course of action for teetering financial institutions? Just how much government intervention is headed to the financial industry? And what will be the impact on businesses around the country? We ask James Gattuso, senior fellow in regulatory studies at the Heritage Foundation.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signs the nation’s toughest crackdown on illegal immigrants despite President Obama slamming the legislation. A new government study shows the new health laws add to the deficits, use accounting gimmicks and don’t necessarily let you keep your coverage. A second Navy SEAL is cleared on charges of assaulting a terrorist in custody. And dozens of Securities and Exchange Commission employees are busted for extensive internet pornography surfing while on the job during the financial meltdown.
