RSC Republican Study Committee

• C-SPAN Questions Follow Obama Feb 3, 2010  - By Nia-Malika Henderson President Barack Obama might just wish he had opened even one health care meeting to the C-SPAN cameras. The issue is starting to follow him around. Once again Tuesday, he faced a question about it, from a high school student in Nashua, N.H., who asked him to grade... More

• Tab From Stimulus Program Jumps, CBO Says Jan 26, 2010  - By Stephen Dinan The cost of President Obama's stimulus plan has jumped another $75 billion, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, and part of the reason is more people are getting unemployment benefits because they've lost jobs the bill was supposed to preserve. The nonpartisan CBO,... More

• PROMISES, PROMISES: Many Obama pledges unkept Jan 14, 2010  - By Philip Elliot President Barack Obama ends his first year in office with his to-do list still long and his unfulfilled campaign promises stacked high. From winding down the war in Iraq to limiting lobbyists, Obama has made some progress. But the president has faced political reality and... More

• AP IMPACT: Road Projects Don't Help Unemployment Jan 11, 2010  - By Matt Apuzzo and Brett J. Blackledge Ten months into President Barack Obama's first economic stimulus plan, a surge in spending on roads and bridges has had no effect on local unemployment and only barely helped the beleaguered construction industry, an Associated Press analysis has... More

• Gitmo Recidivism Rate Rises to 20 Percent Jan 6, 2010  - By Luis Martinez A new Pentagon analysis shows the number of former Guantanamo detainees that it says have returned to the fight has continued to rise to 20 percent, up from the 14 percent recidivism rate released last spring. The latest increase continues the upward trend from the two... More

• Data Shows that the Stimulus Package Was a Waste of Money Dec 19, 2009  - By Peter Roff To put it kindly, the stimulus package that President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rushed through Congress at the beginning of his presidency has been a flop. It is not just that the $789 billion package has not had the effect the... More

• EPA's Carbon Dioxide Emissions Ruling Could Raise Energy Costs Dec 8, 2009  - By Julie Schmit The latest step by the government to regulate carbon dioxide emissions saddles industry with uncertainty and potentially higher costs, industry groups said Monday after the Environmental Protection Agency declared carbon dioxide a health hazard. The EPA's decision paves the... More

• Business Fumes Over Carbon Dioxide Rule Dec 7, 2009  - By Jeffery Ball and Charles Forelle Officials gather in Copenhagen this week for an international climate summit, but business leaders are focusing even more on Washington, where the Obama administration is expected as early as Monday to formally declare carbon dioxide a dangerous... More

• More Democrats Attacking First Stimulus Dec 2, 2009  - By Walter Alarkon A handful of Democrats pushing for a new jobs bill are criticizing the $787 billion economic stimulus for not creating enough jobs. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.), the chairman of a new, bipartisan Congressional Jobs Now! Caucus, said that he and his colleagues have “enormous... More

• CBO: Senate Bill Would Increase Individual Insurance Premiums Nov 30, 2009  - By Jeffery Young A long-awaited analysis found the Senate healthcare bill would raise insurance premiums for some, lower others and leave some essentially untouched, further entrenching both parties in their positions for and against the bill. Senate Democrats and Republicans seized on the... More

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