Jeremy Wallace

Congress spends over $1 Million on trip to Copenhagen

According to a recent expense report filed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), the Congressional delegation's trip to the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen cost more than $1.1 million in taxpayer dollars. Overall, more that 160 people made the trip to Copenhagen , including members of Congress, their staff, the State Department, EPA, and even some family members. Just to get everyone to... (posted by Jeremy 2 years 113 days ago.)

Credit Card Interest Rates Might Soon Be Capped At 16 Percent

Recently the Restoring America's Commitment to Consumers Act of 2009 has been proposed in Congress to amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish a national interest rate of 16% for consumer credit card accounts under open end consumer credit plans. Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (D-NY) and Rep. John Tierney (D-MA) , who have introduced The Restoring America’s Commitment to Consumers Act... (posted by Jeremy 2 years 124 days ago.)

Attempted terrorist attack puts hold on Senate confirmation of TSA chief

Last week's attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound flight from Amsterdam on Christmas day has stirred up quite a debate in the Senate over President Obama's nomination of Erroll Southers for chief of the Transportation Security Administration. Southers is a former FBI special agent and a counterterrorism expert and is currently assistant chief for homeland security and... (posted by Jeremy 2 years 149 days ago.)