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Conservatives Decry Shutdown Deal as National Debt Nears $17 Trillion

(AP Photo) (CNSNews.com)-- While congressional Democrats celebrate the passage of legislation to end the government shutdown, conservatives are expressing concern for America’s long-term economic health, noting that the national debt is nearly $17 ...

CNSNews.com Staff - 10/17/2013 - 20:23

Rep. Bridenstine Vows To ‘Continue Fighting Obamacare As Long As We Have Breath’

Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) (AP photo) (CNSNews.com) – “You can count on us to continue fighting Obamacare as long as we have breath because this is hurting a lot of people,” Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) vowed during a Republican Study Committee ...

CNSNews.com Staff - 10/18/2013 - 18:19

Gov’t & Finance Workers Tie for Lowest Unemployment Rate

(CNSNews.com)-- Americans working for the government and in the finance industry had the lowest unemployment rates in September, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In both industries the rate was 3.9%. The unemployment ...

CNSNews.com Staff - 10/22/2013 - 15:30

Cantor: Americans Are ‘Fearful of their Health Care’

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.). (AP) (CNSNews.com)-- At a gathering with other Republicans in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said Americans are now “fearful of their health care,” adding that, “All we ...

CNSNews.com Staff - 10/23/2013 - 15:16

Pelosi: Obamacare's 'Going to Be a Beautiful Thing'

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) (AP Photo) (CNSNews.com)- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) said Wednesday that Obamacare is "going to be a beautiful thing" that allows people to have "freedom." While ...

CNSNews.com Staff - 10/23/2013 - 15:56

$174K-Per-Year Rangel: ‘No Question About It' Taxpayers Should Help Him Buy Obamacare Plan

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y) (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (CNSNews.com)- Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) says that there is “no question” that members of Congress who are paid $174,000 a year are entitled to taxpayer-funded subsidies when they purchase ...

CNSNews.com Staff - 10/25/2013 - 13:50

Christie’s NJ & Cuomo’s NY Ranked Worst for Business Tax Climate

ype="node" title="Christie’s NJ & Cuomo’s NY Ranked Worst for Business Tax Climate (CNSNews.com) – Seven of the 10 worst states in terms of business tax climate are run by Democrat governors while seven of the 10 best business tax ...

CNSNews.com Staff - 10/25/2013 - 16:29

Dershowitz on ‘Right to Choose’: 'I Can't Find it in the Constitution'

Attorney and author Alan Dershowitz. (AP) (CNSNews.com)-- Famed attorney, author, and long-time liberal commentator Alan Dershowitz said that he favored a woman's right to choose abortion but that he could not find such a right in the Constitution. ...

CNSNews.com Staff - 10/26/2013 - 07:01

BLS: Gov’t Workers 'Absent' 50% More Than Private-Sector Workers

(AP Photo) (CNSNews.com)- A government worker is 38 percent more likely to be absent from work for personal reasons or illnesses than a private-sector worker, and government workers miss 50 percent more of their usual work hours as a result of such ...

CNSNews.com Staff - 10/28/2013 - 16:49

Democrat Bill Would Let Obama Increase Debt Limit; Congress Wouldn't Need to Vote

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) (AP File Photo) (CNSNews.com)- Democratic senators have introduced legislation that would grant President Barack Obama, and subsequent presidents, the authority to increase the legal limit on the federal government's debt ...

CNSNews.com Staff - 10/31/2013 - 08:01