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• Jul 4, 2012

  Poll Shows Waning Interest in Obama's Next Term Climate Change Plans

  President Barack Obama has said that the most important policy for him to address if given a second term in office is climate change. A new Washington Post/Stanford University poll shows a dramatic drop, though, in concern over global warming.

• Jul 3, 2012

  Supreme Court Ruling Could Add to Health Care Costs

  The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as "Obamacare," could add significantly to the national debt, economist Charles Blahous argues.

• Jul 2, 2012

  Obama Camp Defends Claims on Romney Outsourcing

  President Obama's election campaign is defending claims that rival Mitt Romney "outsourced" jobs as head of Bain Capital. The campaign has written a letter to Factcheck.org, which accused the campaign of making false statements about Romney's record.

• Jul 2, 2012

  Obama, GOP Both Flummoxed by Supreme Court's Decision

  The Supreme Court ruled last week that the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) requirement that individuals purchase health insurance is constitutional because it is a tax. While the White House agrees with the ruling, officials are not calling it a tax. Republicans, meanwhile, says they disagree with the ruling, but have been referring to the mandate as a tax.

• Jul 1, 2012

  Mississippi Law Regulating Abortions Could Shut Down State's Only Provider

  A new Mississippi law regulating abortion providers went into effect this weekend. It will likely shut down the state's sole abortion clinic. The clinic has sued the state in an effort to stay open.

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  Jul 1, 2012

  What Are the Salaries of White House Employees?

  The White House released Friday its annual report listing the salaries of all 468 of its employees. Total payroll is up about $700,000 and it has added 14 more employees since last year's report.

• Jun 29, 2012

  Scholar Criticizes Obama's Bush-Like Use of Executive Power

  President Barack Obama, like many presidents before him, has gone too far in his use of executive power and is not showing due respect for the U.S. government's system of separated powers, said Mark Rozell, professor of public policy at George Mason University, in a Wednesday interview with The Christian Post.

• Jun 28, 2012

  House Votes A.G. Eric Holder in Contempt of Congress

  The House of Representatives voted 255-67 on Thursday to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over documents related to the "Fast and Furious" investigation.

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  Jun 28, 2012

  Supreme Court 'Obamacare' Decision Full of Irony, Surprise

  President Barack Obama argued emphatically, in 2009, that the individual mandate being proposed in the new health care law was not a tax, while many conservatives argued that it was a tax. Now, the U.S. Supreme Court has saved the law on the basis that it is a tax. The decision gives Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney an issue to run on in the presidential race, but Romney supported a state-level individual mandate when he was governor of Massachusetts.

• Jun 28, 2012

  Supreme Court Upholds 'Obamacare'

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) (ACA), also known as "Obamacare," as constitutional, including the controversial individual mandate. The penalty for individuals who choose not to purchase health insurance is essentially a tax, the court ruled.