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• Guest Blogger: Utah House Speaker Dave Clark and Senate President Michael Waddoups on Federalism

  Posted March 11th, 2010 at 10:00am in First Principles, Ongoing Priorities with 2 comments

  Since our “modest proposal” essay was published in the Washington Post on Feb. 19, we have heard mostly support, but some criticism. The critics tend to question Utah’s ability to assume complete responsibility for education, transportation and Medicaid, and manage these important functions of government properly. We assert that not only can [...] More

• Guest Blogger: Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX) on Strategic Communication

  Posted March 4th, 2010 at 1:00pm in American Leadership with 2 comments

  On September 11th, 2001, America changed.  Since then the United States has been at war with violent Islamic extremists who plot and plan against us every day.  We have sent American troops to Afghanistan and Iraq to defeat them in combat.  Our intelligence and special operations forces have fanned out across the globe to disrupt [...] More

• Guest Blogger: Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) on Free Trade

  Posted March 3rd, 2010 at 1:12pm in American Leadership with 7 comments

  For two decades, the word “trade” has been a dividing force in Congress. Its supporters, like me, see trade as a boon to our economy. As the free leader of the world, the U.S. is also one of the largest trading nations, supporting millions of American workers and millions of American jobs. Increased trade is good for [...] More

• Guest Blogger: Message for John Brennan: First Rule of Holes Is … Stop Digging

  Posted February 9th, 2010 at 3:30pm in Protect America with 3 comments

  In USA Today this morning, Obama’s top counter-terrorism advisor lashes out at those criticizing the administration’s bungling of the Christmas Day bomber interrogation.  Brennan accuses critics of “[p]olitically motivated criticism and unfounded fear-mongering” which he declares “only serve the goals of al-Qaeda.” My goodness. Only one problem for Brennan.  [...] More

• Guest Blogger: Connecting the Dots and the Christmas Plot

  Posted January 27th, 2010 at 10:13am in Protect America with 0 comments

  “We slipped up.”  That’s what Patrick F. Kennedy the Undersecretary of State for Management said at a Senate hearing last week about the Christmas Day bomb plot and the arrest of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. He has a gift for understatement. But the real question isn’t whether we “slipped up” – everyone knows we did.  It’s rather how [...] More

• Guest Blogger: LSU Law Professor John Baker on Congress’ Reading Problem

  Posted December 18th, 2009 at 10:58am in First Principles with 12 comments

  Just the other day, Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) objected to Senator Tom Coburn’s (R-OK) move to force the reading of Bernie Sander’s (I–VT) 767-page amendment (thankfully defeated) to create a single-payer, Medicare-for-all health care system. Republicans plan to force a reading of the final (as yet un-released) Reid health care legislation currently being debated [...] More

• Guest Blogger: Rep. Cole on Obama’s Troop Surge

  Posted December 17th, 2009 at 12:51pm in Protect America with 3 comments

  Earlier this month President Obama announced his plans for a new way forward in Afghanistan. He laid out clear objectives for a troop level increase, underscored the importance of strengthening Afghan security forces and outlined the strategic necessity of success in the region. I believe the President made a very compelling case for why it [...] More

• Guest Blogger: Rep. Capito Says We Need to Put a Personal Face on Copenhagen

  Posted December 15th, 2009 at 11:16am in Energy and Environment with 22 comments

  As the festivities in Copenhagen got underway last week, there was no shortage of enthusiasm from those pushing for new regulations, new caps and new taxes – all in the name of saving the planet. With EPA Administrator Jackson officially unveiled her agency’s endangerment finding, commentators were quick to point out that this was the proverbial [...] More

• Guest Blogger: Rep. Lamborn on Copenhagen’s Threat to US Sovereignty

  Posted December 14th, 2009 at 9:36am in Ongoing Priorities with 18 comments

  In the next few days President Obama will venture to Copenhagen, Denmark to attend the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which began last week. One of the discussed goals of this conference is the creation of a universal climate change treaty. I am concerned that any job-killing, [...] More

• Guest Blogger: Rep. Olson (R-TX) on Afghanistan Strategy & Karzai’s Ability to Lead

  Posted December 9th, 2009 at 1:04pm in Protect America with 2 comments

  Last weekend, I headed to Afghanistan with some of my colleagues to view firsthand the conditions on the ground as a follow up to the new strategy outlined by President Obama. We met with our troops and senior military officials and, from my perspective there is a lot of positive momentum coming from them. The morale [...] More