West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin Heads to the Senate. That’s Good
Manufacturers can be pleased with the election of Gov. Joe Manchin (D-WV) to the U.S. Senate to fill the remaining two years of Sen. Robert Byrd’s term. Manchin has long acknowledged the need for West...
View ArticleGood Question on EPA Regulation of CO2, but President’s Answer…
The Wall Street Journal’s Laura Meckler’s posed an excellent question at Wednesday’s news conference by President Obama. From the transcript: You said earlier that it was clear that Congress was...
View ArticleCircumquacking the Lame Duck
A news roundup, in other words… Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), Edmond Sun, “Obama’s policies stifle economic growth“: “EDMOND — In less than five weeks, tax hikes will go into effect for virtually all tax...
View ArticleEPA: A Heroic Past Leads the Great People to Revolutionary Victory
The Wall Street Journal today publishes responses to a recent column by Lisa Jackson, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, hailing the EPA’s 40th anniversary, “The EPA Turns 40.” It’s...
View ArticleFor Business to Invest: Along with Taxes, Regulatory Certainty
President Obama is set to make a few comments before his meeting with CEOs this morning at the Blair House. Most of the media previews have highlighted the goal of getting businesses to invest the...
View ArticleSoon-to-be Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) on Obama Administration’s Regulatory...
In an interview last week on the Hugh Hewitt Show, Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), the incoming chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, detailed the committee’s plans for action and oversight in...
View ArticleWhich Law Allows to EPA to Single Out Some Industries for Greenhouse Gas...
The 112th Congress better not try to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulation of greenhouse gases, The New York Times warns not so subtly in its news pages, “E.P.A. Limit on Gases to Pose...
View ArticleThe EPA Chimes in on the Health Care Debate
Not satisfied with regulating all manufacturing, transportation, construction, energy and other economic activities, the head of the EPA is now weighing in on health care. The “Statement by EPA...
View ArticleWhen We Said ‘Jobs’ We Didn’t Mean Coal Jobs. Perish the Thought.
The Associated Press has acquired a report from the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement that reveals the Obama Administration’s regulatory plans could wipe out coal-related jobs all...
View ArticleCircumnetting Energy, Drilling, the EPA, Administrator Jackson
Washington Post, “EPA chief Lisa Jackson perpetually on Capitol Hill hot seat“: Republicans say that studies such as one by two manufacturers’ groups projected that 7 million jobs would be lost in the...
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