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Inflation, Regulation, and the Administrative State
22 June 2023
Ryan Young, Senior Economist at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, discusses inflation and the Federal Reserve, the relentless number of ridiculous regulations churned out each week by federal agencies, and sensible bills passed by the House of Representatives to shrink the power of the administrative state.
Restoring Balance in Labor Law
15 June 2023
Timothy Lee, CFIF's Senior Vice President of Legal and Public Affairs, discusses how the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Glacier National decision provides some good news for employers, and what it would mean for innovation in America if non-compete clauses are deemed to violate the National Labor Relations Act.
Education Freedom and Workforce Opportunity
08 June 2023
Lindsey Burke, Director at the Center for Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation, discusses why the U.S. government should remove barriers to innovation and flexibility and offer commonsense approaches to education reform, and work-family policies that will reverse America’s declining birth rate and help families to flourish.
Oyez, Oyez: The Latest SCOTUS Opinions
01 June 2023
Ilya Shapiro, Senior Fellow and Director of Constitutional Studies at The Manhattan Institute, discusses this week's announced opinions from the U.S. Supreme Court, other recently released and highly watched decisions, and some of the more controversial decisions still to be decided as part of the October 2022 Term.
Unaccountable Power in Government Agencies
16 May 2023
Quin Hillyer, Political Commentator and Contributing Writer to the Washington Examiner, discusses a recently released report that exposes how there are now more federal agents with arrest and firearm authority (200,000) than U.S. Marines (186,000), the frightening over-arming federal domestic agencies, such as the IRS, with tactical combat gear, body armor and night vision weaponry, and more.
Debt Ceiling Politics and the Need to Limit, Save and Grow
11 May 2023
Phil Kerpen, President of American Commitment, discusses the "Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023," how it would help to reduce government spending, grow the economy and encourage the production of American energy, and more.
2024: The Issues, Candidates and More
01 May 2023
William J. Conti, a former law partner in the Washington, DC, office of Baker & Hostetler, discusses who's running, who’s likely running, and who's not running for president in 2024, and some of the issues that may impact the candidates' chances of winning the nomination and the election.
World IP Day and the Problems with Julie Su’s Nomination to be U.S. Labor Secretary
27 April 2023
Karen Kerrigan, President and CEO of the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, discusses World IP Day and this year’s global theme, “Women in IP: Accelerating Innovation and Creativity,” and Julie Su, President Biden's troubling nominee to be Secretary of U.S. Department of Labor.
Reforms to Modernize Medicare and Increase Competition
21 April 2023
Dean Clancy, Paragon Health Institute Public Advisor, discusses how Medicare’s trust fund is on a fast track to insolvency, why President Biden’s “Mediscare” message and solutions are disingenuous and flawed, how the personal option and flexible HSAs can modernize healthcare benefits, and more.
Congress Must Reject Calls to Increase FDIC Deposit Insurance
14 April 2023
Bryan Bashur, Federal Affairs Manager of the Americans for Tax Reform, discusses the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, why lawmakers should reject any legislative or regulatory actions to increase or expand federal deposit insurance on a temporary or permanent basis, and why increasing or expanding deposit insurance would present a moral hazard, propagate a cycle of riskier behavior, and could force banks to be more reliant on the federal government.
Another Troubling Nomination by President Biden
30 March 2023
Timothy Lee, CFIF's Senior Vice President of Legal and Public Affairs, discusses the recent nomination of Julie Su to be Secretary of Labor, why elevating the current acting head to the Secretary position is a bad idea, and how Su's track record as the Secretary of California's Labor & Workforce Development Agency raises concerns about importing California’s failed policies to the rest of the nation.
Celebrating Women's History Month with America's First Ladies
24 March 2023
Andrew Och, Author, Award Winning Television Producer, and the First Ladies Man, discusses some of the most influential women in history — America's First Ladies -- their impact on women’s rights, their legacies, and the unique role they played in the White House and beyond.
U.S. Continues to Slip on Index of Economic Freedom
17 March 2023
Joel Griffith, Research Fellow at the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation, discusses the 2023 Index of Economic Freedom, the metrics used to determine how free economies are across the world, and why the United States continues to slip in the rankings.
The IRS, Politics and More
09 March 2023
Quin Hillyer, Writer and Editor, discusses why the IRS should be assessed penalties for failing to meet a deadline to submit a plan on how it will allocate the $80 billion in funds provided in the Inflation Reduction Act, American support for Ukraine, and what Republican Senator Tim Scott's speech in Iowa may mean for 2024.
Health Care and Health Care Myths in America
03 March 2023
Sally Pipes, President, CEO and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy at the Pacific Research Institute, discusses why Senator Bernie Sanders is wrong about the cost of health care insurance's financial burden, options for expanded coverage that Congress should consider, and why government-run health insurance is not an option.
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