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New report: Teachers are behind private sector peers on cognitive measures, overpaid

By | 11.02.11 | 9:17 am

A new report published by two conservative think tanks argues the cognitive ability of teachers is on average lower than private sector workers with similar education backgrounds.

Jindal to speak at FRC Action’s Values Voter Summit

By | 09.22.11 | 11:09 am

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is the latest confirmed speaker at next month’s Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C., the Family Research Council, which is hosting the conservative policy summit through its policy arm, announced Wednesday.

Congressional leaders to discuss potential investigation of Planned Parenthood

By | 07.13.11 | 2:57 pm

Two Republican members of Congress will hold a press conference Thursday to discuss Americans United for Life’s recent report accusing Planned Parenthood Federation of America of criminal wrongdoing.

Marco Rubio will not attend CPAC

By | 01.31.11 | 10:41 am

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) will not be attending the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington next week, reports Alex Leary:

Coburn says he’ll force a Senate floor vote on earmarks on Wednesday

By | 11.15.10 | 1:54 pm

On a conference call hosted by the Heritage Foundation, Sens. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) delivered an impassioned plea in advance of tomorrow’s Republican Conference vote over ending the practice of requesting earmarks for local spending projects. But if the measure doesn’t pass tomorrow, Coburn made it known More…

Rick Perry visits Washington, downplays national ambitions

By | 11.08.10 | 4:14 pm

Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas) visited one of his favorite punching bags today, appearing in Washington, D.C., as part of a national tour for his new book, “Fed Up!: Our Fight to Save America from Washington.” Perry spoke at the conservative Heritage Foundation and avowed yet again that he is not More…

Will doing as little as possible continue to boost the GOP?

By | 11.05.10 | 9:33 am

The post-midterm hangover is still wearing off, but the Republican leadership is already starting to give a pretty good idea of what it intends to do once it assumes control of the House: not much.

“It’s my view that Americans are no more interested in a Republican platform for using More…

Fox News Touts Another Incident of Possible Voter Fraud

By | 10.04.10 | 2:45 pm

Fox News continues its drumbeat on the “rampant, largely ignored and troubling issue” of voter fraud with a story about Daytona Beach City Commissioner Derrick Henry, whose computer was allegedly “used to obtain dozens of absentee ballots prior to the city’s Aug. 24 elections, in which he was re-elected.”

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Video: Rep. Peter King on “Islamic Terrorism”

By | 07.29.10 | 12:15 pm

Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) spoke yesterday at the Heritage Foundation about the Obama administration’s counterterrorism policy. (Video after the jump.)

“The enemy is Islamic terrorism. It’s not an amorphous extremism….It’s Islamic terrorism which opposes the very fiber of what we stand for,” Rep. King said.

Video: ‘Climategate’ Author Rehashes Old GOP Arguments to Discredit Global Warming

By | 06.17.10 | 5:02 pm

Yesterday at the Heritage Foundation, Brian Sussman, author of the new book “Climategate,” laid out the reasons Americans shouldn’t believe the hype on global warming and should fear the consequences of climate legislation.

Some of his arguments sounded familiar. Take, for instance, his point that dinosaurs got by just fine More…