Global Mortgage Settlement Details Have NOT Been Finalized »
(Steven Miller/NPRI) – Recall the fanfare last week when a $25 billion “national mortgage-servicing settlement” was announced? President Obama, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto and 49 other state attorneys general hastened to microphones and issued a flurry of press releases. They hailed as historic their state and federal governments’ “settlement” with the country’s five biggest mortgage servicers — Bank of America, Citi, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and Ally/GMAC. It [...]
No Budget Means More Temporary Spending Shortcuts In Washington »
NN&V Exclusive (Senator Dean Heller) – George Washington once remarked in a letter to a friend and fellow founder of our great nation that, “A people who are possessed of the spirit of commerce, who see and will pursue their advantages, may achieve almost anything.” Our first president and the incredible individuals who helped shape the American experience placed a high premium on sacrifice and hard work. They recognized the unparalleled advantages that liberty and [...]
Heck Supports Prohibition Of Insider Trading Within Congressional Halls »
(Washington, DC) – [On February 9, 2012], Congressman Joe Heck voted in support of S. 2038, the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act to prohibit insider trading by members of Congress. Congressman Heck said, “We must ensure public officials are held to the same standards as Nevada families. The STOCK Act is a positive step towards fixing a broken Washington that has played by its own rules for too long. This common-sense reform is [...]
Army of Corrupt Obama Backers Simply Marching Under a New Flag »
(Thomas Mitchell/4THST8 Mitt Romney apparently is making hay in a TV ad over the single ethics violation the Democrats could nail on Newt Gingrich — whether a college course he was teaching was advancing his partisan goals. It’s sort of like concentrating on the mote in one eye and ignoring the beam in another. There’s more than one way to advance one’s political goals. Newt’s penny-ante course is one. Obama’s million-dollar extortion to fund his [...]
Obama Administration’s Moves On Jobs Are Truly Stunningly Stupid »
(Fred Weinberg/The Penny Press) – Over the years, it has been my privilege to own a few airplanes. Under the right circumstances, they are tremendous business tools. All but one of those aircraft were proudly manufactured in Wichita, Kansas by Americans who were skilled machinists, and held the high level skills you need to manufacture precision equipment which flies. Wichita is kind of a heartland aviation manufacturing Mecca. And, as you might imagine, times there [...]
Legal Arm of NPRI Takes on Federal Agency on Behalf of Private Land Owner »
(Thomas Mitchell/4TH ST8) I thought it was a telling sign of our times when Las Vegas casino owners expressed greater regard and respect for the Chinese communist government of Macau than the one in D.C., but, when a Cuban immigrant compares a federal agency to the government of Fidel Castro, it is the last nail in the coffin of liberty and private property rights. On Monday NPRI’s Center for Justice and Constitutional Litigation filed a [...]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Negligent In Christian Camp’s Destruction Says CJCL »
NN&V Exclusive (Lori Piotrowski) – Sometimes we take our liberties for granted. After all, we are American born and bred. We grew up with baseball, apple pie, and Fourth of July fireworks. Imagine swimming nearly 7 miles in the ocean—only the dream of being American keeps your strength from ebbing—to reach asylum at the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Imagine dreaming of bringing over your sick mother for medical treatment, getting involved with [...]
Amodei Rejects Earmarks, Upholds Budget Process »
(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., said today he opposes the earmark process used to fund various projects around the country, advocating instead that state priorities for federal support go through a regular budget review. “The problem with earmarks, when you look at them, it’s symbolic largely, because it’s not that it’s a huge part of the federal budget,” he said. “But a lot of them appear at the end with absolutely [...]
Your Food Will Be No Safer, But It Sure Will Cost More, Thanks to Harry and Barry »
(Thomas Mitchell/4TH ST8) Leave it to Congress to kill a gnat with an anvil. Harry Reid takes to the pages of the Nevada Appeal today to celebrate the first anniversary of the Food Safety Modernization Act being signed by President Obama and to call for still more legislation at your expense. “We mark the one-year anniversary of that modern food safety law this month and, as food outbreaks and recalls have continued, we must remain [...]
Warning: Trying to follow Harry’s reasoning on any issue might cause whiplash »
(Thomas Mitchell/4TH ST8)You might call it the audacity of expediency. Do whatever it takes to achieve whatever you want no matter what. In 2007 and 2008 Harry Reid scheduled pro forma sessions of the Senate every three days in order to prevent President Bush from making recess appointments for such offices as surgeon general. Bush went along with the constitutional theory. But while the Republicans are doing the same thing to prevent Obama from making [...]
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