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Millions of Americans are marching, blogging, calling Congress, E-mailing friends, and writing to newspapers to say that President Obama and Congress are expanding government too far, too fast. We need to do more, because it’s clear that they’re not getting the message. The latest example: the House of Representatives is preparing to put the Department of Education into the business of creating educational curriculum for American students. This week the House is scheduled to approve H.R. 3221, an education lending bill that CBO reports will increase the deficit by $50 billion. The bill includes a little-known provision to give...

H.R. 3221*, the American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008, was passed by the House 272-152 on Wednesday, July 23, 2008. (*The government website may not yet be updated following yesterday’s vote.) The Senate is expected to vote on the housing bill on July 25th or 26th. Enactment of this legislation would be a victory for socialism and big government, but a travesty for U.S. taxpayers and limited government. This one-time energy bill was transformed into a vehicle for mortgage foreclosure prevention, then very recently revised again to include plans for preventing the failure of Fannie Mae and...

Energy: While the Russians plant their flag on the Arctic seabed, Speaker Nancy Pelosi plants a white flag on the House floor. While the world seeks more energy, her energy bill seeks more lawsuits. We are not making this up. Tucked away in HR 3221, the energy-less bill that Pelosi hopes to pass before the August recess, are various mandates for federal agencies to cut their greenhouse-gas emissions. Part of the bill then lets U.S. individuals (aka trial lawyers) sue the feds for up to $1.5 million each per year. That will save the Earth. Can you say class-action lawsuit?...