Dan Holler, a Capitol Hill insider and U.S. Senate relations deputy at The Heritage Foundation, discusses how a controversial policy known as mortgage cramdown would allow bankruptcy judges to rewrite mortgages based on an individual’s ability to pay, Congress’ proposed rewriting of the rules that govern how credit card companies operate, and President Obama’s 83 [...]
Dan Holler, a Capitol Hill insider and U.S. Senate relations deputy at The Heritage Foundation, previews some major weekly events in Washington this week. Tweet This Post
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Brian Darling, a Capitol Hill insider for more than 10 years and director of U.S. Senate relations at The Heritage Foundation, previews some major weekly events in Washington this week. Tweet This Post
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Sally McNamara, Senior Policy Analyst for European Affairs at The Heritage Foundation, discusses how President-elect Obama can keep his pledge to strengthen American and global security by gaining additional European commitments for the mission in Afghanistan, maintaining NATO’s commitment to exploring missile defense options, and increasing membership in NATO. Tweet This Post
Andrew Grossman, Senior Legal Policy Analyst at The Heritage Foundation, discusses how President-elect Obama can keep his pledge to protect America’s private property rights by preventing governments from seizing private property for commercial gain, and curbing government regulations that reduce the value of property or investments. Tweet This Post
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Hans von Spakovsky, a Visiting Legal Scholar at The Heritage Foundation, discusses how President-elect Obama can keep his campaign pledge to make America’s civil justice system work for all Americans by promoting a regulatory and business landscape in which businesses, entrepreneurs, and investors can thrive and consumers are protected. Tweet This Post
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Brian Walsh, Senior Legal Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation, discusses how President-elect Obama can keep his pledge to improve the administration of criminal justice for all Americans, without limitation. Tweet This Post
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Bruce Klingner, Senior Research Fellow for Asian Studies at The Heritage Foundation, discusses how President-elect Obama can keep his pledge to stress the need for “sustained, direct, and aggressive diplomacy” with North Korea in order to achieve complete elimination of North Korea’s nuclear weapons programs. Tweet This Post
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Lisa Curtis, Research Fellow for Asian Studies at The Heritage Foundation, discusses how President-elect Obama can keep his pledge of working to convince Pakistan to focus on combating terrorism with its own borders. Tweet This Post
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Ryan Messmore, Religion and Civil Society Fellow at The Heritage Foundation, discusses how President-elect Obama can ensure the religious liberty of Americans, whether they be public officials or members of the private sector. Tweet This Post
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Brian Riedl, Senior Domestic and Economic Policy Analyst at The Heritage Foundation, discusses how President-elect Obama can keep his campaign pledge of fiscal discipline and the need to make tough choices about government spending Tweet This Post
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Jena Baker McNeill, Homeland Security Policy Analyst at The Heritage Foundation, discusses how President-elect Obama can keep his campaign pledge of controlling illegal immigration and strengthening America’s borders. Tweet This Post
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Senior Analyst Andrew Grossman discusses why bankruptcy would be a better option than a bailout for the automaker industry. Tweet This Post
Rush Limbaugh cites Heritage’s James Sherk on UAW wages. Tweet This Post
Jena Baker McNeill, Homeland Security Policy Analyst at The Heritage Foundation, discusses three ways President-elect Obama can keep his pledge of strengthening America’s visa waiver program as a public diplomacy benefit for U.S. allies. Tweet This Post
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Dan Lips, Senior Domestic Policy Analyst at The Heritage Foundation, discusses how President-elect Obama can keep his campaign pledge of providing a quality education for all children. Tweet This Post
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Ben Lieberman, Senior Energy and Environment Policy Analyst at The Heritage Foundation, discusses how President-elect Obama can keep his campaign pledge to increase domestic energy production by reducing government barriers against expanded offshore oil drilling and additional nuclear power plants. Tweet This Post
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Thanks to a generous grant from the John Templeton Foundation, the American Spectator is publishing a ten-part series of articles on the components of individual liberty as it evolved in the West and the state of individual liberty in the future – not only in the West but in the rest of the world. In [...]
Brian Darling, a Capitol Hill insider for more than 10 years and director of U.S. Senate relations at The Heritage Foundation, previews some major weekly events in Washington this week. Tweet This Post
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Jim Phillips, Senior Research Fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs at The Heritage Foundation, discusses three ways President-elect Obama can keep his campaign pledge of preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. Tweet This Post
