The Obama administration refuses to give up its backdoor and illegal pursuit to undermine the welfare work requirements. Not only is it claiming authority it doesn’t have and that prior administrations have explicitly stated does not exist, but the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) has confirmed that the process by… Read more

It's hard to remember now, but this summer Mitt Romney opened a useful debate about "dependency"—concerning President Obama's regulation to rewrite the 1996 welfare reform. Democrats deny any such intent, but as early as this week the House plans to hold a vote to override the new rule. So it's a good moment to dissect what the… Read more

Washington power grabs are nothing new for the Obama administration – from bypassing the Senate to make unconstitutional recess appointments, to efforts by the National Labor Relations Board to force unionization on the American workforce, to attempts to impose costly cap and trade through the Environmental Protection Agency.  But the Obama White House has really… Read more

American incomes declined more in the three-year expansion that started in June 2009 than during the longest recession since the Great Depression, according an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data by Sentier Research LLC. Median household income fell 4.8 percent on an inflation-adjusted basis since the recession ended in June… Read more

  By Stephen Moore It is now a daily routine: President Obama issues another class-warfare call to arms, demanding that the rich pay higher tax rates starting next year. Along the way he also takes derisive shots at Republicans in Congress, as Mr. Obama insists that they triple income- and investment-tax rates for the… Read more

  As he escalates his class war re-election campaign, President Obama has taken to calling Mitt Romney's economic plan "Robin Hood in reverse" or "Romney Hood." The charge is that even though Mr. Romney is proposing to cut tax rates for everybody across the board, Mr. Romney will finance this by imposing a… Read more

Earlier this year, as House Republicans began strategizing for the November elections, conservatives badgered their leaders to unveil a detailed plan to overhaul the U.S. tax code. The GOP has vowed to lop 10 points off the top tax rate, and many House freshmen were eager to make that promise a centerpiece of their first reelection campaigns. It fell to Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.) to… Read more

  The Obama administration has opened the door to changes in welfare reform that could destroy it from within. Federal officials have invited states to request “waivers” of the normal rules that govern putting welfare recipients to work. They describe these rules as mere “paperwork” that gets in the way of helping… Read more

Next week House Republicans are expected to pass an extension of the Bush tax cuts that includes a measure to fast-track comprehensive tax reform next year -- an idea that some lawmakers dismiss as just another legislative gimmick. But that misses the more important point, largely that Republicans are locking down a path to tax… Read more

By Chairman Dave Camp President Obama recently gutted the historic and bipartisan welfare reforms of 1996. His decision to allow states to ignore the work requirement in the welfare program is not only wrong, but illegal. The bipartisan welfare reforms of the 1990s were the result of serious, tough work by a… Read more