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Tea party fears U.N. intervention in 2012 election

The tea party has added another item to its list of reasons to fear the United Nations: Some in the movement say the U.N. is planning to intervene in the United States’ upcoming elections.

Huntsman, Gingrich to face off in Lincoln-Douglas debate

By | 12.06.11 | 12:27 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman will meet former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich at a Lincoln-Douglas-style debate next Monday, focusing on foreign policy and national security.

Kansas City Fed sees commodities, land values remaining high

By | 10.12.11 | 4:17 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

A report published by the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank sees continued high commodity prices and, thus, continued high land values at least for the near term.

Report finds 2.8 million U.S. jobs lost to China since 2001

By | 09.20.11 | 4:48 pm

A new report from the Economic Policy Institute calculates 2.8 million U.S. jobs have been lost to China since 2001, the year the country joined the World Trade Organization.

GAO report leads Harkin to call drug safety inspection system ‘inadequate’

By | 09.15.11 | 1:06 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

Image by: Matt MahurinA new report from the Government Accountability Office outlines the safety concerns connected with U.S. government oversight of foreign medications and medicinal components. It’s a situation that U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, says Congress needs to address.

Bachmann uses misleading claims to tout her foreign policy vision during speech to legionnaires

By | 09.01.11 | 2:31 pm | More from The Minnesota Independent

GOP presidential candidate and U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann shared her vision of an aggressive foreign policy, which she said would return the nation to its proper role as leader of the free world, at the annual convention of the American Legion in Minneapolis Thursday.

China will be world’s top economic superpower in five years, says IMF

By | 04.25.11 | 10:20 am

China will overtake the U.S. economically in just five years, according to the latest International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts. On MarketWatch, the Wall Street Journal’s Brett Arend reports that new IMF data indicate that the rise of China as the world’s number one economic superpower will take place in More…

Pew: U.S. drops to third in clean energy investment

By | 03.29.11 | 4:14 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

The United States in 2010 slipped to third in the world in the amount of private capital invested in the clean energy sector, according to a recent report by the Pew Charitable Trusts.

The U.S. saw $34 billion in private equity invested in the sector last year, a 51 More…

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Year-old viral video resurfaces amid budget debate: taxing and spending causes U.S. fall to China

By | 03.23.11 | 10:13 am

Congress is still fighting over how to fix the federal budget, and as a form of inspiration, perhaps, conservative “taxpayer watchdog” group Citizens Against Government Waste is resurfacing a video ad it created a year ago that went viral.

Congressional leaders reject invitation to China State Dinner

By | 01.19.11 | 4:30 pm

Three of the four top congressional leaders have snubbed President Obama’s invitation to attend Wednesday evening’s White House State Dinner for the visiting President of China, Hu Jintao.

U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) was the first to reject the invitation citing scheduling conflicts. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) More…