Category: News

  • Gov. Corbett’s Marcellus Shale Panel’s Suggestions A Good First Step

    Matthew Ehrhart Harrisburg Patriot-News Drilling for natural gas in Pennsylvania represents the single largest potential environmental impact since coal mining. Thousands of wells, hundreds of miles of pipelines, rebuilt roads […]

  • It’s Time For Leadership On National Debt Crisis

    Representative Charlie Dent Allentown Morning Call As I write this column on Monday morning, Greece is being bailed out once again by its European neighbors. Italy is on the brink. […]

  • Video: Meehan Discusses Government Debt Talks

    Fox Philadelphia There’s a lot going on Monday in Washington, D.C., with 4,000 Federal Aviation Administration employees out of work for now and the country’s debt problem nowhere near a […]

  • Boehner Weighs Balanced-Budget Amendment

    CNBC U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner told fellow Republicans on Sunday that he is considering a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution as part of a bill that would […]

  • Rep. Tom Marino: A Pennsylvania Perspective: No Room For Ideology In Budget Talks

    The Daily Review Our country is facing a crisis right now — and it’s not just about our $14.5 trillion national debt, a record-high national deficit, or the impasse over […]

  • He Can’t Help Himself

    Fred Barnes The Weekly Standard Obama would rather pander than win. The path to ratification by Congress was greased after President Obama renegotiated trade treaties with South Korea, Colombia, and […]

  • Planless Dems

    National Review The ruling party has no spending plan other than to plan to spend even more. Earlier this month, Moody’s downgraded Irish government debt to junk. Which left the […]

  • Mr. President, We Are Waiting For An Answer

    Senator Pat Toomey Red State Blog Tuesday night, the House of Representatives offered President Obama a deal he should not refuse. And yet, the president seems intent on doing just […]

  • Read My Lips: No New Taxes

    Grover Norquist New York Times THE Taxpayer Protection Pledge has received increased attention as the Aug. 2 deadline for raising the debt ceiling approaches. My organization, Americans for Tax Reform, […]