Social Policy - Page 24

May 2, 2016

Congress sends Obama bill to kill labor board rule, defying veto threat

Defying a veto threat by President Barack Obama, the Republican-controlled Congress voted to kill a pending National Labor Relations Board rule intended to streamline union elections.  

May 2, 2016

Obama vows to veto GOP-backed abortion, pipeline bills

President Barack Obama is vowing to veto a Republican-backed bill that would ban abortions after the first 20 weeks of pregnancy, as well as a measure that would require a decision on pipeline construction within 12 months.

May 2, 2016

Obama honors King with visit to Boys and Girls Club site

President Barack Obama honored Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy Monday by big-brothering members of the next generation.

April 28, 2016

Ex-Senator announces he's marrying man, 20 years after his wife's death

Former U.S. Sen. Harris Wofford has announced he will be marrying a man 50 years his junior next weekend — 20 years after his wife's death.

April 28, 2016

Obama administration to force employers to disclose salaries by gender

The Obama administration plans to require large employers to peel back the curtain on how much they pay men and women in a push to narrow long-standing earning gaps between the genders.

February 10, 2016

Presidential candidates, it's National Marriage Week, so let's talk about marriage

The one tool that decreases the probability of child and family poverty by 82 percent is not a government program, it’s marriage.

February 8, 2016

Our next president’s challenge: The unaccountable bureaucracy

What will the GOP presidential front runners say about blocking the growth of the federal government, designed by the Founders to exercise only limited, enumerated powers?

February 2, 2016

Election 2016: Don't overlook an out-of-control burgeoning bureaucracy

Our federal bureaucracy possesses a staggering amount of power, and it's not only increasingly partisan, it's increasingly corrupt and incompetent.

January 25, 2016

Obama bans solitary confinement for juveniles in federal prisons

President Barack Obama says he is banning the use of solitary confinement to punish juvenile offenders in federal prisons.

January 22, 2016

March for Life: To be Pro-Life is to be Pro-Woman

For all the strident talk of “choice,” young women today seem to have less power over their bodies and sexuality than our grandmothers did.