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July 26, 2011 The Facts He Forgot…Reviewing the President’s Debt Limit Address

President Obama skirts responsibility for his out-of-control government spending. “The deficit was on track to top $1 trillion the year…

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July 25, 2011 Debt Limit Increases: Typically Short & Tied to Reforms

The President’s Demand for a 2-Year Debt Limit Increase is Abnormal Historical data are clear: short-term debt limit increases have…

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June 03, 2011 Facts About the 2011 Annual Report of the Social Security Board of Trustees

This morning, the Subcommittee on Social Security examined the 2011 Annual Report of the Social Security Board of Trustees released…

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February 17, 2011 FACT CHECK: Recapturing Subsidy Overpayments? Democrats Were for It Before They Were Against It

Today, Ways and Means Democrats decided to dance to the Washington two-step. Only Washington Democrats could call recovering improper, excessive…

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February 16, 2011 FACT CHECK: Economic Policy Institute Analysis of the CR: What’s One More Wildly Inaccurate Prediction?

The Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a union-funded organization, has estimated that the cuts contained in the CR would result in…

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February 15, 2011 FACT CHECK: Democrats Falsely Claim $1.7 Billion in Cuts to Social Security Administration’s Budget

Democrats today made outrageous claims that the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) offices “would shut down” due to a proposed administrative budget…

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February 09, 2011 Colombia: Continuing Progress that is Making all Colombians Safer

Colombia has made dramatic and sustained strides in restoring the rule of law and improving safety and quality of life…

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February 07, 2011 Trade Facts about President Obama’s Speech at the Chamber of Commerce Today

 “… [W]e finalized a trade agreement with South Korea that will support at least 70,000 American jobs – a deal…

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February 07, 2011 CSI Letter in Support of Extending Trade Progrms

Tomorrow, the House will consider legislation to extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program, as well as the Andean Trade…

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August 25, 2009 Obama Floats Another Middle Class Tax Hike Trial Balloon

Facing ever larger deficits as the result of massive federal spending and the failure of the President’s stimulus plan to…

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