heritagefoundation | May 18, 2009
The Heritage Foundation's This Week in Washington Video discusses three major issues: a proposed national energy tax to reduce CO2 emissions, adding non-war related spending to Iraq and Afghanistan war supplemental legislation, and more government management of the financial industry.
heritagefoundation | May 13, 2009
Rian Wathen, former Collective Bargaining Director for the UFCW Local 700, Indianapolis, discusses the binding arbitration provision in the Employee Free Choice Act. The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) gives government officials the power to impose contracts on employers if an “acceptable” contract with the union is not negotiated within 120 days.
heritagefoundation | May 11, 2009
The Heritage Foundation's This Week in Washington video discusses three major issues: the call to examine the judicial philosophy and record of President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, bank bailouts, and the new education entitlement program that will transform the structure of higher education financial aid.
heritagefoundation | May 4, 2009
The Heritage Foundation's This Week in Washington video discusses three major issues: the nomination of Harold Koh as the State Department's legal adviser who is also on President Obama's short list as a possible Supreme Court nominee, bipartisan opposition on cap and trade legislation, and the $1.5 billion emergency funding requested by President Obama to combat swine flu.
heritagefoundation | April 27, 2009
The Heritage Foundation's This Week in Washington video discusses four major issues: out of control federal spending and President Obama's proposed $100 million cut in budget, proposed Energy Policy measures such as Cap and Trade which will result to high unemployment, Congressional interrogation hearings that are really a Bush Bashing Commission, and the expansion of federal hate crimes law.
heritagefoundation | April 20, 2009
Dan Holler discusses how a controversial policy known as mortgage cramdown would allow bankruptcy judges to rewrite mortgages based on an individual’s ability to pay, Congress’ proposed rewriting of the rules that govern how credit card companies operate, and President Obama’s 83 billion dollar emergency war supplemental that is littered with non-emergency spending.
heritagefoundation | April 6, 2009
The Heritage Foundation's This Week in Washington video discusses three major issues: Government management of the Big 3 automakers, Rep. Paul Ryan's Republican alternative to the Obama budget, and objections to President Obama's nominee Harold Koh as the State Department's legal adviser.
heritagefoundation | March 30, 2009
Rian Wathen discusses different tactics union organizers use to get employees to sign union authorization cards. The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) would eliminate the secret-ballot democratic election process and replace it with card check, a method that would enable union organizers to deceive, harass and threaten workers until they signed a union authorization card.
heritagefoundation | March 30, 2009
The President and his allies in Congress have framed this budget as a break from President's Bush failed policies. But unlike President Bush's policy of reducing taxes, the current Administration plans to increase taxes by $1.4 trillion through policies such as the greenhouse gas cap-and-trade system.
heritagefoundation | March 24, 2009
President Obama has adopted a go-slow approach in lifting restrictions on offshore drilling for domestic oil production, which would improve oil supply. Ben Lieberman, Senior Policy Analyst for Energy and Environment with The Heritage Foundation, discusses how the public can help push for improving domestic oil supply production by visiting FreeOurEnergy.com.