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The Republicans are constantly attacking Obamacare, but what they don't tell you is that the GOP's vision for health care includes large parts of Obama's Affordable Care Act.

Saverin's decision to renounce his U.S. citizenship ahead of the company's $100 billion IPO highlights the problems with our country's federal tax policy.

A new study claims 42 percent of Americans could be obese by 2030, at a cost of $550 billion, but obesity does not necessarily cause high health costs.

The economic downturn created more debt than any other factor.

Government regulators are not allowing private meatpackers to inspect all of their meat for deadly diseases, such as mad cow. This situation has been ongoing for more than 100 years.

The Buffett Rule met its swift demise on the Senate floor, but the fact remains, the U.S. is out of money.

The right wants spending slashed. The left wants to raise taxes on the rich. So how do you actually balance a trillion plus deficit?

Obama claims that Republicans have waged a “war on women,” but women account for more than 90% of the job losses since Obama took office. This exposes his failed policies and broken promises.

The Buffett Rule makes the tax system fairer to poor, middle class, and wealthy citizens. Why should doctors and lawyers pay more than hedge fund managers?

Against a weak economic recovery and job record, the Obama re-election campaign is aiming to distract Americans with class warfare and trying to convince women they need dependence on government.

President Obama continues to mislead the American people about the Ryan budget, showing once again his dishonesty about the debt destroying America.

Simply put, there is no way to have a working and efficient health care system without an individual mandate or its functional equivalent.

For us black males, we feel that Trayvon Martin could have been any of us.

Because liberals failed to make the moral case for universal healthcare, Obamacare emerged from the legislative process with few passionate defenders, many enemies, and an unclear justification.

Spending money is a form of speech and should be protected. The process to amend the Constitution to remove this protection has started.

There is no one to blame for rising energy costs other than President Obama himself.

If the government were serious about encouraging electric car technology, it would stay out of the way and stop subsidizing failed cars like the Chevy Volt.

New data shows that the 1% have scored 93 percent of the income gains from the economic recovery since 2010. We’re rapidly returning to pre-New Deal levels of inequality.

Powerful people often make poor decisions. Scientists may know why, and what we can do about it.

The Advanced Research Projects Administration in Energy is a rare example of the bi-partisan understanding for the need to develop and market American innovation and technologies.

Is it fair for President Obama to take advantage of his office to fund his reelection campaign and should taxpayers have to pay for his trips?

[Office Hours] Something is rotten at the heart of American politics — something that is the exclusive province of neither liberal nor conservative, Democrat nor Republican.

Obama once said we can't spend as we please and "defer the consequences to the next budget, the next administration or the next generation." Yet that's exactly what he plans to do.

Catholic college and universities would be doing a disservice to their students by failing to provide contraception in their health care plans to students.

Holder testified in Congress answering questions about Operation Fast and Furious. If, as suspected, he lied about his involvement, he should step down.

Fossil fuel subsidies are yet another example of how government tends to do more harm than good when it intervenes in the economy.

Environmentalists are worried that a Republican president will stifle efforts to stop climate change, but they're wrong.

During his 2012 State Of the Union speech, President Obama delivered what amounted to little more than a campaign speech. Like most campaign speeches, the rhetoric soared. A few things he touched on, however, just didn't add up.