Morning Bell: Clinton Is Wrong on Welfare Reform
Last night, in his nationally televised speech, former President Bill Clinton said the charge that President Obama has gutted welfare reform was “a real doozy.” Clinton, who vetoed welfare reform twice...
View ArticleVIDEO: Checking the Facts on Obama Administration’s Welfare Waivers
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), a leading critic of the Obama Administration’s decision to gut welfare reform, visited Heritage to ”fact check the fact checkers” on the controversial directive from the...
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Washington Post Gives Bill Clinton Two “Pinocchios” in Welfare Fact Check
When Bill Clinton is awarded two out of four “Pinocchios” for legitimatizing President Obama’s gutting of welfare’s work requirements as a pro-work move, maybe there’s hope yet for the occasional...
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Morning Bell: Obama Doesn’t Just Gut Welfare Reform, He Turns It Upside Down
The controversy over the Obama Administration’s gutting of welfare reform continues to grow. Two new government reports show the move’s illegality and effects on taxpayers. And the House of...
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Fact Checking the Fact Checkers on Welfare Reform (VIDEO)
On July 12, the Obama Administration released a policy directive from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) declaring that it would no longer require states to comply with the work...
View ArticleHouse Votes to Reverse Obama Administration’s Gutting of Welfare’s Work...
This afternoon, the House voted to restore the work requirements that the Obama Administration has attempted to gut from the 1996 welfare reform law. The breakdown: 250 Republicans voted for...
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Senator Orrin Hatch on Robert Bork’s Legacy and Role of the Supreme Court
Credit: Carrie Devorah/WENN/Newscom Everyone ascending the steps of the National Archives building sees these words chiseled in stone: “Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty.” No one was more...
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5 Bipartisan Health Care Reform Options
Photo credit: Newscom Addressing our nation’s overspending problem cannot be done without reforming entitlements, especially Medicare and Medicaid. As Washington remains clearly divided over how to get...
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House Votes to Restore Welfare Work Requirements
Newscom On March 13, the House voted to restore the work requirements that the Obama Administration attempted to gut from the 1996 welfare reform law. The Preserving Work Requirements for Welfare...
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Welfare: Obama Wanted to Gut Work Requirements in 2009
Newscom President Obama had been seeking ways to circumvent the 1996 welfare work requirements since coming to office, according to a 2009 memo released Tuesday by Representative David Camp (R–MI) and...
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Baucus–Hatch “Blank Slate” Tax Reform a Positive Step but Too Narrowly Focused
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (Newscom) Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Max Baucus (D–MT) and Ranking Member Senator Orrin Hatch (R–UT) recently proposed a “blank-slate” approach to tax reform. This...
View ArticleHatch: U.S. Should Protect Sovereignty, Not Promote a U.N. Treaty
Senator Orrin Hatch (R–UT) delivered a broadside on the Senate floor last week to proponents of U.S. ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), a United Nations...
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Gandolfini’s Death and the Need to Repeal the Death Tax
James Gandolfini, star of HBO’s ”The Sopranos’ (HBO/ZUMA Press/Newscom) James Gandolfini died of a heart attack last month while traveling in Rome. The Sopranos star was estimated to be worth nearly...
View Article4 Things John Kerry Got Wrong in a 4½-Minute Video
Secretary of State John Kerry has a new, impassioned video appeal for the U.S. Senate to consent to ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Kerry’s...
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Employee Rights Act: Protecting Workers from Union Overreach
Newscom Sponsored by Representative Tom Price (R–GA) and Senator Orrin Hatch (R–UT), the Employee Rights Act addresses insufficient protections employees have vis-à-vis unions. The bill would guarantee...
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HealthCare.gov Contractor Built Faulty Gun Registry for Canada
J. Emilio Flores/La Opinion/Newscom It turns out notorious government contractor CGI is no stranger to glitch-filled rollouts. HealthCare.gov isn’t the first time the Canadian company has received...
View ArticleA Glimmer of Hope for Abstinence Education Funding
During the debate on the Senate health care reform bill this week, Senator Hatch (R-UT) offered an amendment to reinstate funding for Title V Abstinence Education. Funding for this program ended in...
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Hatch Criticizes Health Care “Shell Game”
The health care bill that emerged from the Senate Finance Committee this week will not pass the Senate in its current form if Democrat leadership comply with procedural rules, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT)...
View ArticleKilling Federalism in Health Care
As Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) said at an event on health care reform yesterday at the Heritage Foundation, “There is no such thing as a free lunch—especially if Washington is the one having you over.”...
View ArticleRepealing Taxpayers’ Conscience Protections on Abortion
The Senate’s 54-45 vote last evening to table the Hatch-Nelson abortion funding limitation sets the two chambers of Congress on a collision course with one another – with Democrats driving both...
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