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Senior Editorial Writer, Washington Examiner. Author of Conservative Survival in the Romney Era.

Four possible Obamacare futures

Philip Klein

Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013

On Thursday, House Republicans once again voted to repeal President Obama’s health care law. I don’t think it’ll be a major spoiler to predict that the repeal bill won’t go any further. But I do think the vote is a good opportunity to reflect on the future of Obamacare, which I divide...

Philip Klein: Obamacare's empress strikes again

Philip Klein

Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013

In 2010, shortly after President Obama's health care legislation was signed into law, I dubbed Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius the "Empress of Obamacare" for the vast new powers she inherited. Reading through the text of the law, I counted more than 2,500 references to the...

CBO lowers deficit projections

Philip Klein

Updated: Tue, May 14, 2013

On Tuesday, the Congressional Budget Office said that the federal government would run a $642 billion deficit in 2013, which is about $200 billion lower than previously forecast due to “higher-than-expected revenues and an increase in payments to the Treasury by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. ”...

Chart: The growth of Obamacare

Philip Klein

Updated: Tue, May 14, 2013

Earlier Tuesday, I reported that the Congressional Budget Office’s latest estimates anticipate that the gross cost of President Obama’s health care law will be $1.8 trillion over the next decade. But this estimate alone doesn’t provide a full understanding of the program’s growing costs...

CBO: Obamacare costs double to $1.8 trillion in first decade

Philip Klein

Published: Tue, May 14, 2013

When President Obama was selling his health care legislation to Congress, he declared that, “the plan I’m proposing will cost around $900 billion over 10 years.” But with the law’s major provisions set to kick in next year, a new analysis by the Congressional Budget Office projects that...

Obtaining AP phone records required Holder’s approval

Philip Klein

Published: Mon, May 13, 2013

On Monday afternoon, the Associated Press reported that the U.S. Department of Justice had “secretly obtained two months of telephone records” from 20 phone lines assigned to reporters and editors from the global news organization. The shocking revelation comes on top of news that the IRS...

List of red flags that attract IRS scrutiny

Philip Klein

Published: Mon, May 13, 2013

On Monday morning, ABC News reported that, “The targeting of conservatives by the IRS started earlier and was more extensive than the IRS acknowledged last week…” Accompanying its story, ABC has posted a draft IRS inspector general report.

Newseum to ‘re-evaluate’ inclusion of Hamas members in Journalists Memorial

Philip Klein

Updated: Mon, May 13, 2013

On Friday, I reported that the Newseum had planned to honor two deceased members of the terrorist group Hamas along with other journalists who had died while covering news in 2012. But on Monday morning, the journalism museum said it would “re-evaluate” the decision. Here is the...

Obama: $1 trillion in Obamacare spending is historic 'tax cut'

Philip Klein

Updated: Fri, May 10, 2013

As part of a Mothers’ Day weekend defense of his signature legislative accomplishment, President Obama claimed that the law represented the “largest health care tax cut for working families and small businesses in our history. “

Newseum’s decision to honor Hamas cameramen not just outrageous, but dangerous

Philip Klein

Published: Fri, May 10, 2013

In previous posts, I’ve reported that the Newseum is honoring employees of a Hamas-controlled television station that has been designated as a terrorist group by the U.S. government. The decision is certainly outrageous, but more importantly, it’s dangerous. As part of its justification...

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