Solar chief argues for natural gas exports
With a huge fight heating up over whether to allow exports of U.S. natural gas, California solar executive Arno Harris argued that allowing exports would help the solar industry and reduce global...
View ArticleTexMessage: Obama fears “Scrooge Christmas” if fiscal cliff negotiations go...
“I’ve been keeping my own naughty and nice lists for Washington. So you should keep your eye on who gets K’NEX this year,” he said while touring Rodon Group factory. “There are going to be some members...
View ArticleObama takes to Twitter to talk (or tweet) fiscal cliff (VIDEO)
On Monday, President Obama took questions through Twitter on topics of fiscal cliff and his #my2K plan.
View ArticleTexMessage: Gohmert casts lone vote to keep ‘Lunatic’ in federal code, says...
he Texas lawmaker said that "not only should we not eliminate the word `lunatic' from federal law when the most pressing issue of the day is saving our country from bankruptcy, we should use the word...
View ArticleCommentary: Obama once said Bush’s 51-48 victory in 2004 was a call to...
Having won his own re-election by a similarly unremarkable margin, President Obama is claiming his irrefutable mandate for $1.6 trillion in new taxes, $50 billion in new “stimulus” spending — because...
View ArticleVan Hollen: Boehner stringing out ‘fiscal cliff’ talks because of GOP politics
Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, said Speaker of the House John Boehner might have to bring a plan to the table that could pass without majority support from the Republican caucus, but he expressed...
View ArticleBarbara Boxer pushes forward on “planetary emergency”
Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., formally introduced their fee-and-dividend climate bill Thursday,as you learned here Wednesday. The press conference featured several...
View ArticleBattle lines forming on carbon tax
For a political non-starter, a carbon tax is generating an awful lot of activity on Capitol Hill. On Wednesday, the conservative Republican Study Committee is holding a press conference to slam the...
View ArticleRand Paul defends Apple, accuses colleagues of trying ‘to bully America’s...
Sen. Ran Paul, the Kentucky Republican and libertarian, Tuesday defended Apple’s tax machinations, saying he was “offended” that Apple CEO Tim Cook was being “hauled” before the Senate’s Permanent...
View ArticleObama climate plan ignites Washington
Environmentalists hailed President Obama’s plan to force existing power plants to reduce C02 emissions,as a long overdue, just-in-time action to stop global warming now expected to easily cross the 2...
View ArticleSenators say Twitter could reap $154 million tax break
Sens. Carl Levin (D-MI) and John McCain (R-AZ) fingered Twitter as the latest Silicon Valley poster child of corporate tax avoidance, in this case through stock options that are likely to be granted...
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