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Last November, voters delivered an overwhelmingly emphatic mandate against policies that drastically affect states and their citizens. Fast forward just a few months to the present, and Congress is still choosing to expand government over freedom and to trample the powers and constitutional sovereignty of states. The recent showdown over government funding has deepened anxiety, as constituents ponder whether lawmakers can manage trillions worth of taxpayers’ money. The people recognize the federal government’s Goliath-like power and want some constraint. Fortunately, there is a solution that would restore proper balance between states and the federal government. Today, on the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate floors, we will introduce a joint measure that is a very simple and clear amendment to the U.S. Constitution—the Repeal Amendment. It reads:"Any provision of law or regulation of the United States may be repealed by the several states, and such repeal shall be effective whe...
An outline of a plan by two senators to rework the education law known as No Child Left Behind would put more control over schools in the hands of states.Democratic ...
A majority of states intend to take President Barack Obama up on his offer to let them get around unpopular requirements in the "No Child Left Behind" education law,...
WASHINGTON -- Decrying the state of American education, President Obama on Friday said states will get unprecedented freedom to waive basic elements of the sweeping ...
The National Labor Relations Board proposed sweeping new rules Tuesday to allow unions to hold workplace elections much more quickly, winning praise from Democrats a...
More than a dozen senators are calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs to trademark the phrase "GI Bill," claiming that for-profit schools are abusing the term...
The Senate began debate Monday on a Republican effort to overturn new labor regulations that make it easier and quicker for unions to hold workplace elections. The W...
States are about to get some guidance from President Barack Obama about how they can get around provisions in the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law -- a step the adm...
Capitol Hill lawmakers want to change the color of money amid growing concerns about the federal deficit and the constant pressure for Washington to live within its ...
The government is moving forward with its crackdown on the country's for-profit schools, aiming to protect students from taking on too much debt to attend schools th...
An outline of a plan by two senators to rework the education law known as No Child Left Behind would put more control over schools in the hands of states.Democratic ...
No bureaucratic entity has wreaked more havoc on the U.S. economy of late than the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which infamously sued Boeing for locating i...
Editor's note: FoxNews.com is pleased to present an excerpt from 'The Debt Bomb: A Bold Plan to Stop Washington from Bankrupting America' by US Senator Tom Coburn. ...
Attention online shoppers: The days of tax-free shopping on the Internet may soon end for many of you. The Senate is scheduled to vote Monday on a bill that would em...
The Senate sided with traditional retailers and financially strapped state and local governments Monday by passing a bill that would widely subject online shopping -...
States could force Internet retailers to collect sales taxes under a bill that overwhelmingly passed a test vote in the Senate Monday.Under current law, states can o...
Sen. John McCain reiterated his case Thursday against President Obama's nominee to serve on the National Labor Relations Board, saying Craig Becker's controversial w...
A man wielding a sharp-edged weapon killed one person in a Casper neighborhood Friday before killing a male teacher and himself in front of students in a community c...
The rap sheet for members of the International Union of Operating Engineers reads like something out of "Goodfellas." Embezzlement. Wire fraud. Bribery. That's just ...
Western lawmakers want to elevate the Plains bison to a status similar to that of the iconic bald eagle with legislation to declare the burly beasts America's "natio...