December 5, 2019 Rand Paul unveils bill to allow penalty-free 401(k) withdrawals to pay off student debt Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky., said Thursday that his new bill to allow 401(k) withdrawals without penalty for college debt is more likely to pass than 2020 Democrats' proposal of eliminating debt and "free college."
September 8, 2019 Jim Mattis cites 'contempt' among Americans as top national security concern Former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said political disagreements and growing "contempt" among Americans is one of the biggest national security threats to the country, during a Sunday interview on "Face the Nation."
May 4, 2019 David Ditch: Yes to infrastructure, but not if it means $2 trillion in new debt The federal government has a long history of blowing federal taxpayer dollars on projects that should be funded by state or local governments or the private sector.
May 2, 2019 Reps. Johnson and Banks: Our debt is deadly. It's time to tackle it -- Dems have been derelict in their duty Democrats have been derelict in their duty to the American people, and this is more than a stunning lack of leadership. It is dangerous.
December 20, 2015 Another ObamaCare Cost: Feds gave $4.4B to states for exchange websites The Obama administration gave states roughly $4.4 billion in taxpayer dollars to set up their own ObamaCare websites, according to a new analysis, in the latest revelation about the faucet of federal spending switched on by the 2010 passage of the health care law.
December 20, 2015 Growing the Debt: Stopgap funding bill sprinkled with $$ for local projects Despite the bill being tiny by Washington standards -- just 35 pages -- lawmakers still managed to tuck in billions of dollars in additional spending.
December 20, 2015 Growing the Debt: US resumes $1.6B in aid to Pakistan As the national debt tops $17 trillion -- thanks to the newly sealed debt-ceiling agreement -- America's costly foreign aid tab is back in the crosshairs.
