JIM KUHNHENN WASHINGTON (AP) — Fleshing out a year-old initiative, the Obama administration wants Congress to enact or expand tax breaks for small businesses and remove barriers to startups, seiz 2 read more

By: Terence P. Jeffrey

“Conscience is the most sacred of all property.” James Madison Yet another aspect of the American Affordable Care Act has caused the Obama Administration to come-a-cropper with the United States Constitution. The act has already inspired a dense thicket of law suits over its individual mandate provision that forces people to buy insurance or pay a penalty tax for not so doing. Recently, Health and Human Services Secretary, Kathleen Sibelius, has added more fuel to the legal bonfire that has erupted over ObamaCare

KEN THOMAS WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is expected to visit the Washington Auto Show on Tuesday. 3 read more

Download audio here Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets , Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Scott Lincicome to discuss a court ruling impacting the Obama administration’s US-China trade practices, how this will impact the American marketplace, and how the Senate may come to the rescue. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates . If you’d like to email us, you can do so at coffeeatnewledger.com

From Newsmax – Politics: When it comes to connecting with average Americans, President Barack Obama tops Mitt Romney by 16 points. About 55 percent of registered voters believe Obama understands the problems of average Americans compared with 39 percent for Romney, a Washington Post-Pew Research Center poll found. The former Massachusetts governor fared slightly better than his [...]

Remember Obama’s two-year salary freeze he imposed on federal workers?

Last week’s State of the Union address was a sad and pathetic affair, full of transparent rhetoric and demagoguery, brimming with incandescent hypocrisies, variegated with an expansive assortment of half-truths and lies, palled by a mediocrity that almost seemed intentional, detached from reality like an unmoored hot-air balloon that slowly ascends to the heavens, stuffed with dense and infuriating arrogance, and draped over our nation like a several-sizes-too-small coat with promises and ideas rendered diminutive in the shadow of the historical moment.

From Newsmax – Inside Cover: Maybe President Barack Obama is so excited about his bid for re-election that he inflates his administration’s prowess in creating jobs, saying during an online interview that his administration has toted up more than 22 million. Uh, check that: He meant 3 million, he noted, quickly covering his gaffe. “We’re [...]

On November 14, 2011, the Supreme Court agreed to review the constitutionality of President Obama’s health-care act. The central question is, What limits does the Constitution — specifically, the Commerce Clause — impose upon the federal government’s exercise of power? This health-care act is the defining legislation of the president’s term, and the issue of limited government is at the very heart of the debate between Obama and his opponents

Tensions between Obama and GOP Senators went from institutional and constitutional to personal after the president singled out a Utah Republican senator for making Washington unworkable.

(Dan Popp) – Now, you can call this class warfare all you want. President Barack Obama We have to give the proverbial devil his proverbial due. Mr

There may be political value in detailing how our special forces hunted bin Laden, but doing so threatens troop safety and future missions.

Sen. Mitch McConnell announced the bill hours before the Senate was set to debate the STOCK Act.

President Barack Obama offered his administration’s most sweeping public defense of the U.S. drone campaign, saying the unmanned attacks haven’t killed a large number of civilians but instead have been cautiously deployed to target terrorists.

President’s Q&A online forum this week smart tactic to boost his Facebook friends, Twitter chatter.

A diminished Navy can’t meet its multiple global missions.

An administrative law judge in Georgia could decide as early as this week whether voters in the state convinced him Barack Obama’s name should be removed from the 2012 presidential ballot because he is not qualified to hold the office. But win, lose or draw, the fight isn’t going to be over, as other cases are erupting across the nation, with challenges being raised anew even in Obama’s own adopted political network in Illinois. The Georgia hearing was before Judge Michael Malihi, and while none of the lawyers who appeared in the proceedings was willing to predict what the decision will be, several did confirm that Malihi had considered simply granting them a default victory, because Obama and his lawyers expressly stated they would not participate in a hearing to provide evidence that he is qualified to be on the ballot.

Cal Thomas Examiner Columnist One of the memorable slogans from the Reagan administration was “peace through strength.” Reagan believed a strong defense was a safeguard against enemy attacks and the best hope of victory should America go to war. President Obama is taking the opposite approach.

At the end of Sunday mass at the church this writer attends in Washington, D.C., the pastor asked the congregation to remain for a few minutes. Then, on the instructions of Cardinal Archbishop Donald Wuerl, the pastor proceeded to read a letter. In the letter, the Church denounced the Obama administration for ordering all Catholic schools, hospitals and social services to provide, in their health insurance coverage for employees, free contraceptives, free sterilizations and free “morning-after” pills.