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Today, every branch of America’s active duty military forces, as well as the National …

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The Building Blocks of a Strong National Defense

The United States was founded on the belief that people have inalienable rights to life, liberty, and self-governance and that government’s first duty is to protect our freedom and security. America’s history of advancing liberty and rights at home and abroad is unparalleled. Our leaders should not apologize for that history; nor should they deny us these rights or neglect to speak up for them. America is an …

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A Conservative Foreign Policy

To protect individual liberty, the Framers of the Constitution carefully enumerated the powers to be vested in the national government, rejecting any broader approach as dangerous. This great limitation has been whittled away to almost nothing. Today, Congress routinely legislates without regard to the constitutional limits on its powers, and only rarely do the courts act to enforce these limits. …

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Ensure that Congress Follows the Constitution

In the years since it was created, the Department of Homeland Security has spent more than $250 billion, yet many key homeland security areas continue to produce weak outcomes as more programs federalize traditional state and local activities. From the pork-barrel nature of homeland security grants to the massive federalization of natural disasters to the fed-centric approach…

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The Federalization of Homeland Security

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Getting Health Care Reform Right

American education is at a crossroads. The federal government’s role in education has grown significantly over the past half-century, infringing on our long-held principle of federalism in education. Massive spending increases, and the reams of regulations that …

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Education Reform

The United States is the world’s strongest, most prosperous, most just, and freest nation. Yet the path we have been following is turning America into a very different place: a country stifled by a highly regulated economy, nationalized industries, and government-run health care, ruled more by bureaucrats and judges than by the consent of the governed and with a foreign policy that pays far too much deference to international organizations and erodes American sovereignty. The American people now face…

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Changing America’s Course

The Obama Administration has used the recession as an excuse for a historic and permanent expansion of government and deficits. Only during the height of World War II has Washington matched current levels of spending (25% of GDP) and deficits (10% of GDP). Even after the recession, runaway spending is expected to keep annual budget deficits over $1 trillion, which could result in sharply higher interest rates, painful tax increases, and even a Greece-…

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Reining in Runaway Spending and Deficits

Congress and the President must cease their political games and get about the serious business of Medicare reform.

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Medicare Trustees Issue Report Disavowed by Chief Actuary

The 2010 Social Security Trustees Report shows

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2010 Social Security Trustees Report Continues to Show Urgency of Reform

The 2010 Social Security Trustees Report shows that the program faces massive permanent annual

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2010 Social Security Trustees Report Continues to Show Urgency of Reform

The benefits of banning drilling are far outweighed by the economic costs of hamstringing Gulf water drilling operations.

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Need for Drilling Moratorium Mitigated by State of Oil Spill Response

The benefits of banning drilling are far outweighed by the economic costs of hamstringing Gulf water drilling operations.

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Need for Drilling Moratorium Mitigated by State of Oil Spill Response

The Heritage Foundation released the following statement by Charles A. Donovan, senior research fellow, on today’s ruling by a federal judge legalizing same-sex marriage in California. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker overturned Proposition 8, the amendment to the state constitution approved by voters to protect marriage as the union

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Heritage: Judge Overrules Calif. Voters on Prop 8

The Heritage Foundation released the following statement by Charles A. Donovan, senior research fellow, on today’s ruling by a federal judge legalizing same-sex marriage in California. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker overturned Proposition 8, the amendment to the state constitution approved by voters to protect marriage as the union of a man and a woman.

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Heritage: Judge Overrules Calif. Voters on Prop 8

Americans who receive health insurance through their jobs generally have little flexibility: 86 percent of …

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Utah’s Defined-Contribution Option: Patient-Centered Health Care

The Community Living Assistance Services and Support (CLASS) program is an actuarially unsound and fiscally irresponsible misadventure by Congress. Congress should never have enacted this new government-run long-term care insurance program. It places CLASS participants at risk of benefit cuts and American taxpayers at great risk of being forced to bail out this poorly designed program. Congress should promptly repeal the CLASS program and then make a serious effort to address…

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No CLASS Act: Long Term Care Insurance Program Another Costly Entitlement

As the DCOSP evaluation makes clear, school choice offers real benefits to students and their families.

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D.C. Voucher Students: Higher Graduation Rates and Other Positive Outcomes

If implemented as enacted, Obamacare will impose significant new Medicaid costs on states and constitute a major federal usurpation of long-standing state authority in regulating private insurance. This will be expensive and disruptive for those Americans who rely on individual or employer-based insurance…

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Obamacare: Impact on States

In recent years, Russia has aggressively expanded its presence in the Arctic, while the United States has largely neglected this strategic area. Given the rising demand for oil and gas and the likelihood that Arctic sea-lanes will become more navigable, the U.S. should move resolutely to establish U.S. sovereign rights in the Arctic. Establishing a robust U.S. presence will require…

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From Russian Competition to Natural Resources Access: Recasting U.S. Arctic Policy