The Warning Signs the Obama Administration Ignored About Failed Co-Ops

The Daily Signal
March 11, 2016
Good morning from Washington, where Melissa Quinn reports that officials had advance warning Obamacare co-ops would fail. A top Senate Republican tells Democrats to drop their "charade" over that Supreme Court vacancy. Philip Wegmann covers the dustup. Did the nation's top law enforcer say she might prosecute climate "deniers"? She did, Hans von Spakovsky writes, and that's dangerous. Plus: Josh Siegel explores the administration's low-key response to Iran's missile launches, and Andrew Kim has a warning for Canada's new prime minister.
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The Warning Signs the Obama Administration Ignored About Failed Co-Ops

According to the study from Republicans on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Deloitte Consulting evaluated loan applications and business plans submitted by a dozen now defunct co-ops and expressed concerns about their financial future.

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Attorney General Lynch Looks Into Prosecuting 'Climate Change Deniers'

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch told the Senate Judiciary Committee that not only has she discussed internally the possibility of pursuing civil actions against so-called "climate change deniers," but she has "referred it to the FBI to consider whether or not it meets the criteria for which we could take action."

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Obama Administration Fears Undermining Nuclear Deal If It Punishes Iran for Missile Tests

Tuesday's and Wednesday's missile tests conducted by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps of Iran did not violate the nuclear deal, the administration says, although the actions are likely inconsistent with a U.N. Security Council resolution related to the issue.

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Judiciary Chairman Accuses Democrats of 'Charade' on Supreme Court

Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, accused Democrats of allowing "raw politics to infect the process," by stirring up a frivolous partisan fight over whether the Senate should act on a new Supreme Court nominee.

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Justin Fever Puts Canada's Economic Freedom at Risk

According to the 2016 Index of Economic Freedom, Canada has surpassed America to become the freest country in North America since 2010. But the prime minister may be reversing that trend.

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State Environmental Officials Say Obama's EPA Has Overstepped Its Authority

"In the past seven years, states have been forced to digest more of these federal takeovers … than were ever served in the prior three federal administrations combined 10 times over," says one state environmental official.

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