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Last week, I noted that the Obama Administration announced it was delaying Obamacare's ‘employer mandate,' requiring all businesses with 50 or more employees to provide their full-time workers with an affordable healthcare option or face a penalty.
You may have heard that the Obama Administration recently announced it was delaying the ‘employer mandate,' a key component of the Affordable Care Act which requires all businesses with 50 or more employees provide their full-time workers with an affordable healthcare option or face a penalty.
Sequestration offered Washington a real chance to reduce wasteful spending within the Federal government. Instead, the Obama Administration took advantage of the situation for political gain.
On July 3, 1776, a 41 year-old patriot named John Adams wrote a letter to his wife describing the Declaration of Independence that the Continental Congress would adopt the next day.
It's a privilege to represent the people of Missouri's 6th District in Congress. From Kansas City to Bethany across to Kirksville and Bowling Green, I enjoy the honor of serving the residents of 36 counties in North Missouri. Part of my job is to keep people up-to-date as to what's happening in Washington.
It seems every year there's another attempt in Congress to weaken our Second Amendment rights. Gun control bills come in all shapes and sizes. But this year, gun opponents have a new tactic up their sleeve: new taxes and fees on the purchase of firearms or ammunition.
On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress passed a resolution stating: "Resolved, That the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation."
As Chairman of the House Small Business Committee, I frequently hear about ill-advised or overly burdensome Federal regulations, both those that are on the books and those in the pipeline. One of the worst offenders when it comes to such regulations is the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA – and they're back at it again.
Say you're the President of the United States, and you're given the opportunity to approve a project that will create over 42,000 jobs and reduce our dependence on Middle Eastern oil.
At 5 a.m. on April 19, 1775, the ‘shot heard round the world' was fired at Lexington, Massachusetts. Over 700 British Redcoats had marched through the night to restore order in the colonies. They were met at Lexington by 77 minutemen. Now, 238 years later, no one knows who took the first shot, but within minutes 8 colonials were dead.