http://sbrc1.net Western United States Largest Republican Club Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:08:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://blog.heritage.org/2012/02/02/time-to-end-energy-tax-subsidies/ http://blog.heritage.org/2012/02/02/time-to-end-energy-tax-subsidies/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:15:10 +0000 Nicolas Loris http://blog.heritage.org/?p=89953 Today, Senators Jim DeMint (R–SC) and Mike Lee (R–ID) introduced legislation that would move the United States a giant step forward in making our country’s energy market freer by eliminating targeted tax credits for energy sources and technologies. Their legislation, a companion to Representative Mike Pompeo’s (R–KS) bill, would force any tax policy that picks certain industries as winners and losers in the market to expire at the end of the year and expedite sunsets for tax credits extending multiple years. And it goes after all targeted tax credits: oil, … More]]> http://blog.heritage.org/2012/02/02/time-to-end-energy-tax-subsidies/feed/ 0 http://blog.heritage.org/2012/01/31/sen-lee-to-testify-at-hearing-on-illegal-non-recess-appointments/ http://blog.heritage.org/2012/01/31/sen-lee-to-testify-at-hearing-on-illegal-non-recess-appointments/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:42:00 +0000 Lachlan Markay http://blog.heritage.org/?p=89812 A handful of constitutional law experts are slated to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee tomorrow about President Obama’s four unconstitutional non-recess appointments. The witnesses include Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), one of Congress’ chief critics of Obama’s unprecedented decision. Lee will offer his expertise as a former clerk for a Supreme Court justice and attorney specializing in Supreme Court litigation. His testimony will come on the heels of a testy exchange with the president that began with the former’s announcement that he may block all of Obama’s … More]]> http://blog.heritage.org/2012/01/31/sen-lee-to-testify-at-hearing-on-illegal-non-recess-appointments/feed/ 0 http://blog.heritage.org/2012/01/31/live-at-noon-senator-jim-demint-at-heritage/ http://blog.heritage.org/2012/01/31/live-at-noon-senator-jim-demint-at-heritage/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:48:26 +0000 Mike Brownfield http://blog.heritage.org/?p=89760 http://blog.heritage.org/2012/01/31/live-at-noon-senator-jim-demint-at-heritage/feed/ 0 http://blog.heritage.org/2011/11/28/tea-party-leader-calls-comparisons-to-occupy-wall-street-insulting/ http://blog.heritage.org/2011/11/28/tea-party-leader-calls-comparisons-to-occupy-wall-street-insulting/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:55:56 +0000 Rob Bluey http://author.blog.heritage.org/?p=84934 Media coverage of Occupy Wall Street has dominated the news lately, supplanting stories about the Tea Party movement and the grassroots uprising that took Washington by storm. For one of the movement’s early leaders, it has come as no surprise. Jenny Beth Martin is a co-founder and national coordinator for Tea Party Patriots. Today she continues to fight against big government, albeit while fending off comparisons to Occupy Wall Street. In an interview with Ginni Thomas at The Daily Caller, Martin talked about the early rise of Tea Party and … More]]> http://blog.heritage.org/2011/11/28/tea-party-leader-calls-comparisons-to-occupy-wall-street-insulting/feed/ 0