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By | 07/03/2012 | Drugs, Issues, Legislation, Safety, States | 33 Comments

By weakening the power of Congress to attach strings to federal funds, the “ObamaCare” ruling could end the federal minimum drinking age.

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By | 07/03/2012 | Health Care, Issues, Texas | 1 Comment

Texas is likely to be one state to opt-out of Medicaid expansion after the Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act last Thursday.

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By | 06/28/2012 | Health Care

Could there be a more “free market solution”? Maybe. But if there is, the “small government” GOP failed offer it. In the meantime, the mandate remains under the tax & spend clause authority of the Constitution, just as Irwin predicted.

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By | 01/02/2012 | California, Economy, Energy and Water, Issues, Legislation | 8 Comments

Now, you may be thinking ‘this is all the doing of the oil companies, using their influence, power, and battalions of lawyers to block important air emissions standards.’ But this is only partly true.

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