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Just days away from the U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments in the seminal ObamaCare case, Townhall.com Political Editor Guy Benson discusses recent polls showing the depth of American opposition to the legislation and alternatives that should be considered.

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In an interview with CFIF, Phil Kerpen, Vice President for Policy at Americans for Prosperity, discusses his latest book, Democracy Denied: How Obama is Ignoring You and Bypassing Congress to Radically Transform America – and How to Stop Him, about how the Obama Administration is disregarding the restraints on federal power to impose the president’s agenda.

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In an interview with CFIF, John Berlau, director of the Center for Investors and Entrepreneurs at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, discusses his recent testimony at a hearing entitled “Where the Jobs Are” before the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, and how Congress can eliminate barriers to job growth by reducing regulations that harm young firms.

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In an interview with CFIF, Vincent Vernuccio, Labor Policy Counsel at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, discusses Indiana’s passage of a right-to-work law that prohibits labor contracts that force workers to pay for union representation, and the impact of such statutes on jobs and the economy.

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In an interview with CFIF, James Pinkerton, co-chair of RATE (Reforming America’s Taxes Equitably), Fox News contributor and former White House domestic policy adviser, discusses the need to lower the U.S. corporate tax rate to enable American companies to compete in the global marketplace and jumpstart U.S. economic and job growth.

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In an interview with CFIF, Congressman Paul Broun, M.D. (R-GA) discusses legislation he recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives — H.R. 3883, the Budget or Bust Act — that would help force Congress to pass an annual budget by withholding Members’ salaries hostage in an escrow account until a budget is passed.

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CFIF Contributing Editor Ashton Ellis discusses how President Obama’s decision to block the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline will cost Americans roughly 20,000 new jobs and 700,000 barrels of oil a day, and how the decision ultimately could benefit China at the expense of the U.S.

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In an interview with CFIF, political commentator and author Margaret Hoover discusses her book, American Individualism: How a New Generation of Conservatives Can Save the Republican Party, and how the GOP can win back the millennials.

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Timothy Lee, Vice President of Legal and Public Affairs at CFIF, corrects the record on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA), and explains the urgent need for congressional legislation to crack down on foreign rogue websites dedicated to the theft of American intellectual property.

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In an interview with CFIF, Fox News contributor Cherylyn Harley LeBon, a member of the national advisory council of the Project 21 black leadership network and president and CEO of KLAR Strategies, discusses President Obama’s constitutionally suspect decision to make “recess” appointments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and National Labor Relations Board when the Senate was in pro forma session.

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In an interview with CFIF, Catherine Engelbrecht, founder of True the Vote and King Street Patriots, discusses citizen-led efforts to restore truth and honesty to our elections, secure a fair playing field for candidates and defend the integrity of the 2012 elections.

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In an interview with CFIF, Thomas W. Hazlett, professor of law and economics at George Mason University and former chief economist of the FCC, discusses the ramifications of the recent Senate vote to reject an attempt to overturn the FCC’s net neutrality rules and his recent Encounter Books Broadside titled, “The Fallacy of Net Neutrality.”

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Troy Senik, former presidential speechwriter and Senior Fellow at CFIF, discusses the failure of the Supercommittee and how and why the Republican primary field has shifted.

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In an interview with CFIF, Ken Blackwell, American Civil Rights Union Senior Fellow and contributing editor for Townhall.com, discusses the potential for an Israeli strike against Iran, the strengths and weaknesses of GOP presidential candidates and the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to review ObamaCare.

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In an interview with CFIF, Daniel DiSalvo, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute’s Center for State and Local Leadership, discusses his recently released Encounter Books’ Broadside, “Government Unions and the Bankrupting of America.”

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Troy Senik, former presidential speechwriter and Senior Fellow at CFIF, discusses the double standard applied by the media with respect to the Occupy Wall Street rallies versus the Tea Party movement, and the Obama Administration’s double standard regarding presidential war powers.

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In an interview with CFIF, Sally Pipes, President, CEO, and Taube Fellow in Health Care Studies at the Pacific Research Institute, discusses why the American Medical Association’s support of ObamaCare undermines its mission to “help doctors help patients” and what it may mean to the 2012 presidential race if the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of ObamaCare prior to the election.

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In an interview with CFIF, Jason Stverak, President of the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity, discusses how technology has made the line between citizen journalists and mainstream media less defined, and how citizen journalists are doing their part to hold government officials accountable to the people.

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In an interview with CFIF, John Yoo, law professor at the University of California Berkeley and former Justice Department official, discusses a new book that he co-edited: “Confronting Terror: 9/11 and the Future of American National Security.”  The book is a collection of essays by 22 nationally known legal and policy experts and scholars examining the law and policy of the War on Terror, including President Obama’s response to 9/11 and U.S. policy on interrogation methods. 

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In an interview with CFIF, George Landrith, President of Frontiers of Freedom, discusses why the end of the space shuttle program and America’s dominance in space are huge mistakes.

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