Congress is considering increasing the length of time unemployed workers can collect unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. Normally unemployed workers can collect UI benefits for up to 26 weeks. Congress changed the law to allow 39 weeks of benefits. Now.
Topics: Entrepreneurship, Harry Reid, Robert Byrd, unemployment insurance

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Has the Blue Dog Coalition given up on their version of fiscal responsibility? Jim Cooper (D-TN), leader of the Blue Dogs – the self-described fiscally-conservative group of congressional Democrats – was quoted in a Wall Street Journal op-ed...
Topics: Barack Obama, blue dogs, budget, budget deficit, deficits, federal spending, Jim Cooper, Ongoing Priorities

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If you support free markets, Mary Anastasia O’Grady’s Wall Street Journal op-ed makes for frightening reading:The U.S. hasn’t elected a genuinely protectionist president since Herbert Hoover, and for most of the last 80 years a rough...
Topics: American Leadership, barack obama, free trade, nafta

{"title":"The End of a Free Trade Era?","post_url":"http:\/\/blog.heritage.org\/2008\/10\/29\/the-end-of-a-free-trade-era\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/blog.heritage.org\/feed\/","author":null,"date":"2008-10-29 08:21:41","summary":"If you support free markets, Mary Anastasia O’Grady’s Wall Street Journal op-ed makes for frightening reading:The U.S. hasn’t elected a genuinely protectionist president since Herbert Hoover, and for most of the last 80 years a rough..."}

Since the housing bubble first began to burst, we have been quick to note the integral role that the government sponsored entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac played in distorting the housing market. However, we have also been skeptical of some claims...
Topics: ACORN, Entrepreneurship, financial markets, Freddie Mac

{"title":"The ACORN - Fannie\/Freddie Connection","post_url":"http:\/\/blog.heritage.org\/2008\/10\/29\/the-acorn-fanniefreddie-connection\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/blog.heritage.org\/feed\/","author":null,"date":"2008-10-29 08:10:52","summary":"Since the housing bubble first began to burst, we have been quick to note the integral role that the government sponsored entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac played in distorting the housing market. However, we have also been skeptical of some claims..."}

The Heritage Foundation today asked Barack Obama to immediately pull two ads that misrepresent the views of Heritage’s Rea Hederman. The campaign has released a 30-second TV ad with false information and repeats it on the campaign website. The...
Topics: barack obama, Entitlements, taxes

{"title":"Heritage Calls on Obama to Pull False Ads","post_url":"http:\/\/blog.heritage.org\/2008\/10\/28\/heritage-asks-obama-campaign-to-pull-false-ads\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/blog.heritage.org\/feed\/","author":"RobertBluey","date":"2008-10-28 13:42:09","summary":"The Heritage Foundation today asked Barack Obama to immediately pull two ads that misrepresent the views of Heritage’s Rea Hederman. The campaign has released a 30-second TV ad with false information and repeats it on the campaign website. The..."}