Tag: HR 1

Trump-Era Trends Could Have Yielded 850 Million More Barrels Under Biden: Expert

The United States is producing millions fewer barrels of oil per day—and hundreds of millions fewer in total—than it could have if it had matched trends under President Trump, according to testimony from an energy expert before the House of Representatives. “Had the Biden administration simply mirrored the Trump administration’s production growth rate, daily oil…


Trump-Era Oil Trends Could Have Produced 850 Million More Barrels Under Biden: Expert

The United States is producing millions fewer barrels of oil per day—and hundreds of millions fewer in total—than it could have if it had matched trends under President Trump, according to testimony from an energy expert before the House of Representatives. “Had the Biden administration simply mirrored the Trump administration’s production growth rate, daily oil…


Critics Say Dems’ Election Reforms Will Prompt Flood of Constitutional Challenges

Passage of Democrats’ top legislative priority—the massive registration and voting reform package, the ‘For the People Act of 2021’ —will prompt “a rush to the courthouse steps,” according to Jason Snead, Executive Director of the Honest Elections Project. “There are a number of constitutional infirmities and deficiencies that stem from its treatment of presidential and…


For US, Gradual Ruin Is About to Become Sudden

Commentary I am not a particular fan of Ernest Hemingway’s novel “The Sun Also Rises.”  But there is one exchange between two of the characters, Bill Gorton and Mike Campbell, that has stuck with me. “How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.” That passage has been running…


Lies That Democrats Tell

Commentary Writing for the website of the UK Guardian newspaper, Robert Reich, who served as Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration, recently took up the rhetorical cudgels on behalf of H.R. 1, known to its supporters as the For the People Act. To its Republican detractors, H.R.1 is a blatant attempt to remove long-established,…


Video: HR 1: For the People or For the Politicians?—David Keating on How HR 1 Curtails Free Speech

Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 1, the Democrats’ sweeping election reform package. While many have focused on how the bill changes voting and voter registration, the bill also has major implications for free speech—which have largely gone unnoticed. Critics of the bill say that the disclosure rules open the door for…


Video: H.R. 1: For the People or For the Politicians?—David Keating on How H.R. 1 Curtails Free Speech

Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 1, the Democrats’ sweeping election reform package. While many have focused on how the bill changes voting and voter registration, the bill also has major implications for free speech—which have largely gone unnoticed. Critics of the bill say that the disclosure rules open the door for…


H.R. 1 Would Create Such Chaos We Would Need a Constitutional Amendment to Fix It

Commentary H.R. 1—the bill for federal takeover of elections that just passed the House of Representatives—is a constitutional nightmare. If the Senate approves it, we almost certainly will need a constitutional amendment to clean up the mess. This has happened before: In 1970, we had to enact the 26th Amendment to cure congressionally caused voting…


Saying ‘No’ to the Cancel Culture

Commentary On the left, the tumbrels are rolling again, delivering former icons like Dr. Seuss, Pepe Le Pew, and other enemies of the people to the cultural guillotines for immediate beheading. Their crimes: their decades-old sensibilities are out of touch with those of the seething, humorless and frankly not very bright scolds who currently inhabit…


The Monstrously Bad H.R. 1 Has One Laudable Feature

Commentary Bill H.R. 1 is a monstrous confection of Nancy Pelosi’s to turn America into a one-party state at the federal level; it is almost certainly unconstitutional and is odious in almost every respect. But one point of merit that lurks within it and is either lost or mistakenly opposed is the provision for felons….