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Ernest James Istook Jr. was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Oklahoma's 5th district (map) from 1993 to 2007. He declined to run for reelection in 2006, choosing instead to pursue the governorship of Oklahoma.

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The Dirty Job That Congress Won’t Do on Its Own

Our $1.4-trillion (and rising!) annual deficit and $12-trillion accumulated debt are not caused by the economy. They’re caused by runaway spending. Unable or unwilling to specify and enforce spending cuts on their own, some in Congress are calling for ...

From ERNEST ISTOOK, The Heritage Foundation,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Jim Cooper,  Frank Wolf,  U.S. Republican Party,  Heritage Foundation

Why Believe New Promise When Congress Breaks Old Promise?

Congress wants America to believe its new promises to control spending even as it reneges on its old promises and spends more than ever. The “new” promise within health care reform bills is to reduce Medicare spending by hundreds of billions of dollars. ...

From ERNEST ISTOOK, The Heritage Foundation,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  U.S. House of Representatives,  Heritage Foundation,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Senate

The Real Status Quo on Abortion and Federal Insurance

Trying to pretend that he’s a moderate voice, President Barack Obama is misrepresenting the history of federal funding of abortions. Seeking to appease abortion advocates after the House voted to ban abortion coverage within new federal insurance plans, ...

From ERNEST ISTOOK, The Heritage Foundation,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Bart Stupak,  Washington Post Company,  Dave Obey

Behind Closed Doors: The Obamacare Arm Twisting Begins

The first step is to keep Congress in town. The second is to keep them monitored and available for whenever leaders want to summons them for backroom meetings—sometimes to discuss and sometimes to pressure and browbeat and offer deals. A “buddy system” ...

From ERNEST ISTOOK, The Heritage Foundation,  6 Nov 2009

Pelosi Plan Makes Millions of People Pay Fines

Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) health care plan presumes that about 8-to-14-million American workers will pay fines rather than buy health insurance. Unless they do, there’s a $167-billion hole in her financing plan and everything falls apart. Like the ...

From ERNEST ISTOOK, The Heritage Foundation,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Nancy Pelosi,  CA Inc.,  Barack Obama,  New York Times Company

Pelosi Plan Would Give Health Czar Super Powers

Among the fallacies in Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s health care bill is the pretense that bureaucrats are smarter than the rest of us. An unelected bureaucrat would be given czar-like control over our lives, our health, and our pocketbooks. Even super powers. ...

From ERNEST ISTOOK, The Heritage Foundation,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Nancy Pelosi

Gimmick of the Day Club

Those pushing big government-run health care have started a Gimmick of the Day Club. Desperate to find support, they trot out a new variation almost daily. However they repackage their bad ideas, they feel confident that most media will hail each “new” ...

From ERNEST ISTOOK, The Heritage Foundation,  29 Oct 2009

Changing Its Name Won’t Fix Obamacare

The latest ploy to promote Obamacare is to rename it after something popular. Giving it the title of “Medicare Part E” is the newest tactic. The package might look different, but inside is the same old stuff: Government-run health care that is so ...

From ERNEST ISTOOK, The Heritage Foundation,  21 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama

If Congress Screws Up Light Bulbs, What Will It Do to Health Care?

The new mandated light bulbs don’t save as promised; produce inferior quality light; and 90% of them are made abroad. The old ones were mostly made in America. The new law has led to General Electric’s August announcement that it was shutting down ...

From ERNEST ISTOOK, The Heritage Foundation,  21 Oct 2009

Related Topics: General Electric,  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,  U.S. Congress

Zimbabwe’s $100-Trillion Lesson for America

Some wonder whether the stock market’s rebound to over 10,000 is a sign not of economic recovery but of inflation. Is the simultaneous rise in gold prices another symptom of dramatic inflation ahead, sparked by big government blunders? An article at ...

From ERNEST ISTOOK, The Heritage Foundation,  19 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Smartmoney,  Federal Reserve,  U S News & World Report,  White House,  Wall Street Journal

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