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• In the Green Room: Former DOJ Attorney J. Christian Adams Discusses the New Black Panther Case

  Posted July 19th, 2010 at 1:30pm in Rule of Law with 0 comments

  Since the beginning, we have been following the New Black Panther Party voting intimidation case that began on Election Day 2008. Throughout the case, when the mainstream media has paid any attention, it has been to disparage the key actors and to dismiss the case as having been blown out of proportion. In today’s Morning [...] More

• This Doctor Fights Obamacare One Patient at a Time

  Posted July 2nd, 2010 at 5:00pm in Health Care with 8 comments

  Embarrassed. Ashamed. Failure. These words don’t typically describe an accomplished doctor, but Martha Boone doesn’t fit the mold. The Atlanta urologist is an outspoken critic of Obamacare, warning her patients about its disastrous consequences and alerting fellow doctors to the ramifications for her profession. Lately, however, she’s spent more time worried about the survival of her own practice. With [...] More

• Exclusive: Virginia’s Cuccinelli Confident in Legal Challenge to Obamacare

  Posted July 2nd, 2010 at 8:01am in Health Care with 12 comments

  A U.S. district court judge will decide within 30 days whether to dismiss Virginia’s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare. From the perspective of Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, the stakes could not be higher. The fate of federalism, he believes, hangs in the balance. “This case really goes to the foundations of this country,” Cuccinelli [...] More

• VIDEO: Welfare Can And Must Be Reformed

  Posted June 30th, 2010 at 3:00pm in Family and Religion with 13 comments

  Our newest video highlights a recent paper on welfare reform by Heritage’s Robert Rector and Kiki Bradley. In the video and this new report, we reveal some startling statistics:Welfare spending is climbing faster than spending for education, defense, and even Social Security and Medicare. After adjusting for inflation, welfare spending is 13 times higher today than [...] More

• McDonald v. Chicago: An Exclusive Interview

  Posted June 28th, 2010 at 2:45pm in First Principles, Rule of Law with 4 comments

  After helping to strike down the Chicago handgun ban, the winners in today’s Supreme Court decision promised, in an exclusive interview with the Heritage Foundation, that more such cases would be coming in the next few weeks. Alan Gura, lead attorney for the plaintiffs, promised, “There will be future cases, I will be bringing cases [...] More

• NEW VIDEO: Federal Spending By The Numbers

  Posted June 10th, 2010 at 12:30pm in Entitlements with 12 comments

  Did you know that the federal government spent $2.6 million training Chinese prostitutes to drink more responsibly? Were you aware that Washington is on track to spend $30,543 per household in 2010? What about a recent audit that classified nearly half of all purchases on government credit cards as improper, fraudulent, or embezzled? The federal government is addicted [...] More

• In the Green Room: Governor Mitch Daniels (R-IN) on Tackling America’s Problems

  Posted June 9th, 2010 at 1:00pm in American Leadership, Ongoing Priorities with 2 comments

  Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels stopped by the Heritage Foundation yesterday to meet with conservative bloggers. His visit came a few days after The Weekly Standard released a lengthy piece on him, written by TWS Senior Editor Andrew Ferguson. Afterwards, he sat down with us for an exclusive “In the Green Room” interview. A vocal champion against Obamacare, [...] More

• Video: Health Care Reform Timeline

  Posted May 21st, 2010 at 1:30pm in Health Care with 1 comments

  The White House knows its signature health care legislation is still deeply unpopular with the American people, which is why it has been desperate to speed up implementation as much as legally possible. But many of the law’s new costs and limitations are still scheduled to kick into effect years down the line, when Congress [...] More

• In The Green Room: Former National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley on Effective Counter-terrorism

  Posted May 19th, 2010 at 2:30pm in Protect America with 0 comments

  Each year, The Heritage Foundation’s Asian Studies Center hosts the B.C. Lee lecture featuring a prominent guest speaker on international affairs. This year’s guest was Stephen J. Hadley, a former National Security Advisor for President George W. Bush from 2005–2009. Before his lecture, Hadley sat down to discuss whether the Obama Administration was doing enough to [...] More

• NEW VIDEO: Heritage’s Entry to the EPA Video Contest

  Posted May 13th, 2010 at 2:00pm in Enterprise and Free Markets with 12 comments

  In case you had any doubts about whether Washington bureaucrats were completely out of touch with ordinary Americans, the Environmental Protection Agency is here to reassure you—they are. While Americans across the country have been tightening their belts and dealing with a wave of new taxes, fees, and regulations, the EPA has launched a video contest [...] More

• VIDEO: Preserving the Tools We Need to Protect America

  Posted May 4th, 2010 at 3:00pm in Protect America with 3 comments

  During Protect America Month, it is important to remember the extraordinary success our counter-terrorism programs have had. Since 9/11, at least 30 terrorist plots against the United States have been thwarted, in large part because our counter-terrorism officials have had the tools they need to keep us safe. However, since taking office, President Obama has [...] More

• VIDEO: A Wall Street Bailout Bill

  Posted April 28th, 2010 at 12:30pm in Enterprise and Free Markets with 1 comments

  This week, efforts are underway to begin considering a bill sponsored by Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) which he and the President have claimed would bring real financial reform to Wall Street. As our latest video explains, in its current form, it can better be described as a Wall Street Bailout bill. In his latest paper, Heritage [...] More

• In The Green Room: Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) on Financial Reform

  Posted April 22nd, 2010 at 6:00pm in Enterprise and Free Markets with 8 comments

  Yesterday, Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) sat down with us for a quick interview before sitting on a panel with Congressman Tom Price (R-GA) and our own Bill Beach for an event titled, “Is America Sinking into the Dependency Abyss?“. He talked with us about the growth of entitlements and the problems with the Dodd Bailout Bill, [...] More

• VIDEO: Tax Day By The Numbers

  Posted April 15th, 2010 at 1:30pm in Enterprise and Free Markets with 0 comments

  Today is tax day, the day when taxes are due and Americans send in their money to the federal government. These taxes go to fund a government that is addicted to spending and borrowing and is in desperate need of reform. Our latest video reveals some of the numbers behind our tax policy to make [...] More

• In The Green Room: Newt Gingrich on Conservative Victory and Our “Radical President”

  Posted April 14th, 2010 at 11:05am in Ongoing Priorities with 1 comments

  As we mentioned yesterday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich stopped by The Heritage Foundation for Tuesday’s Blogger Briefing. Afterward, he sat down for a short interview In the Green Room. He discussed the prospects for repealing Obamacare and the need for something like a new Contract with America, even listing a few conservative principles that should be [...] More

• In the Green Room: Judge Andrew Napolitano on Tea Parties and Why Obamacare is Unconstitutional

  Posted April 9th, 2010 at 10:00am in Health Care, Ongoing Priorities, Rule of Law with 6 comments

  This week, Judge Andrew Napolitano, senior judicial analyst at the Fox News channel and author of the new book, Lies the Government Told You, stopped by the Heritage Foundation to talk about his thoughts about the tea party movement and why he feels Obamacare is unconstitutional. More

• Side Effects: Obamacare the Television Ad

  Posted March 30th, 2010 at 11:30am in Health Care with 10 comments

  Facing an American public that hates their new health care law, the Obama administration and their union/corporatist allies are planning a multi-million dollar television ad campaign to sell the benefits of Obamacare. While Food and Drug Administration regulations require all advertising for prescription drug to "present side effect information in a manner similar to that used for the benefit information," the Obama administration faces no such hurdle when making their pitch. But if it did, this is what a typical pro-Obamacare ad would look like. More

• New Video: What Obamacare Means For Americans

  Posted March 26th, 2010 at 12:00pm in Health Care with 7 comments

  Ever since Sunday's vote to pass health care reform, the media has focused on the reconciliation vote in the Senate, analysis of how passage affects Democrats political standing, President Obama's poll numbers—anything other than how this new law will affect the American people. However, now that Obamacare is law, it's more important than ever to remind ourselves about the true consequences of this massive legislation and the importance of repealing it. More

• In the Green Room: Economist Arthur Laffer Discusses America’s Financial Future

  Posted March 22nd, 2010 at 10:00am in Enterprise and Free Markets with 3 comments

  Yesterday, former Reagan administration economic adviser Arthur Laffer stopped by the Heritage Foundation for a lecture titled, "Return to Prosperity: How America Can Regain Its Economic Superpower Status". Laffer popularized what has become to be known as the "Laffer Curve" which helped demonstrate that increased taxation can be counterproductive in the long-term as it leaves citizens with less resources and depresses economic growth.After his speech, Laffer sat down for an "In the Green Room" segment where he discussed the roots of the financial crisis, how President Bush and Obama have mishandled the problem, and what to expect in 2010 and 2011. More

• In the Green Room: Professor Todd Zywicki on Proposed Financial Reforms

  Posted March 12th, 2010 at 3:20pm in Ongoing Priorities with 0 comments

  After the panel, Professor Zywicki, a Senior Scholar of the Mercatus Center and contributor to the popular legal blog The Volokh Conspiracy, sat down with us for an "In the Green Room" segment. We talked about the problems we face if Congress enacts the CFPA, the real causes behind our current financial crisis, and what principles should undergird real financial regulatory reform. More