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Victor Skinner EAGnews.org 9/2/2014 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Mike Lee and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal have a message for Big Government: stop meddling in local education decisions. “As a U.S. Senator, I’ve seen the federal government make a mess of everything it touches,” Lee, a Republican from Utah, wrote in a recent email sent […] September 2nd, 2014 | Tags: 'Race to the Top', "Common Core of State Standards Initiative Project", Gov. Bobby Jindal, Sen. Mike Lee | Category: Department of Education, Education, federal funding, History, Louisiana, Progressives | Comments are closed
Maria Santos The Washington Free Beacon 8/27/2014 Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R.) filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration over Common Core Wednesday, arguing that the government’s role in pushing the standards on states threatened states’ rights and abused federal funds. Although proponents of the standards depict them as “a state-led effort,” states adopted the […] August 27th, 2014 | Tags: 'Race to the Top', "Common Core of State Standards Initiative Project", Anne Hyslop, Diane Ravitch, Gov. Bobby Jindal, law suits | Category: Department of Education, Education, federal funding, Louisiana, Politics | Comments are closed
Jihadists began long-anticipated attack on sprawling Tabqa base last week Militants reportedly killed dozens of soldiers as they seized control today It means Raqqa province is entirely out of control of the Syrian government
Dan Bloom The Daily Mail 24 August 2014 Islamic State militants have seized a major Syrian air base, […] August 24th, 2014 | Tags: Bashar al-Assad, Chaldeans, Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), Jordan, Kurds, Raqqa, rebels, Rep. Mike Rogers, Rep. Paul Ryan, Syria, Tabqa | Category: Department of Defense, federal funding, Iraq, Islam, Middle East, Military, terrorism | Comments are closed
Peter Fricke The Daily Caller 8/19/2014 Congress should use the appropriations process to reassert its authority over the Environmental Protection Agency, according to a Heritage Foundation issue brief released Tuesday. The report, written by scholar Daren Bakst, identifies three issues on which the EPA has proposed rules and regulations that exceed its authority. In all […] August 20th, 2014 | Tags: "navigable waters", bureaucrats, Clean Water Act (CWA), coal, Government Accountability Office, greenhouse gases, ozone standards, Riverton | Category: Congress, Economy, Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, federal funding, federal regulations, Wyoming | Comments are closed
Paul Bedard The Washington Examiner 6/17/2014 The Internal Revenue Service is about to get slapped with a harsh payback for messing around with conservative groups, blowing wads of tax dollars on employee conferences and helping implement Obamacare… …The goal is to keep the tax agency focused on its “core duties,” and eliminate efforts to judge […] June 17th, 2014 | Tags: budget cuts | Category: Congress, federal funding, Health Care, IRS, legislation | Comments are closed
Bridget Johnson PJ Tatler PJ Media 2/18/2014 Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) said Monday that he’s thinking of a few thing Congress can do to counter President Obama’s executive overreach, including cutting off money for his vacations. “Number one, my colleagues in the Senate have advise and consent, if they want to shut down the Senate […] February 18th, 2014 | Tags: Rep. Trey Gowdy, Separation of Powers, vacations | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Elections, federal funding, Founding Fathers, US Constitution | Comments are closed
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